PH to receive 1 million Sinovac doses in 2 weeks

The Philippines is set to receive one million doses of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine within the next two weeks, with 500,000 doses expected on April 22 and another 500,000 on April 29.

This upcoming delivery brings the total of procured Sinovac doses to 1.5 million, with an overall order of 25 million doses expected.

The country's total vaccine supply has reached 3,025,600 doses, including donated Sinovac and AstraZeneca doses from the COVAX Facility.

Additionally, 500,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine are also anticipated to arrive in April, as part of a 20 million dose procurement.

In total, 2 million vaccine doses are expected to be delivered to the Philippines in April from Sinovac and Sputnik V.

The Philippine government has also approved the emergency use of vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca.

As of April 10, the country had administered over 1.1 million vaccine doses, and aims to vaccinate 50 to 70 million Filipinos this year, though this target faces skepticism.

The Sinovac vaccine has been approved by the FDA for use among senior citizens.