Manila Bulletin
6M COVID-19 vaccines arriving this week -- Galvez
The Philippines is expecting to receive approximately six million doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week, according to National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.
Deliveries include four million doses of Sinovac, with two million arriving on August 19 and another two million on August 20.
A donation of one million Sinopharm doses from the Chinese government is scheduled for August 21.
Approximately 594,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines procured by the private sector are set to arrive on August 20.
An additional 400,000 to 500,000 doses of Moderna vaccines are also anticipated this week.
Galvez mentioned ongoing negotiations with the American embassy for advance delivery of 65 million doses purchased from Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna.
The country has already received over 8.7 million vaccine doses in August.
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China donated 260,800 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines on August 21, 2021.
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