Additional 37,800 Sputnik V vaccines arrive in PH
An additional 37,800 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine arrived in the Philippines on Saturday night.
The vaccines were transported from Moscow via Incheon and landed at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 around 9 p.m.
This shipment brings the total number of Sputnik V doses received by the country to 350,000.
Director Maria Soledad Antonio of the Bureau of International Health Cooperation stated that these new vaccines will be allocated to areas experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Previously, the Philippines had received smaller batches of Sputnik V starting from May with doses arriving on May 1, May 12, May 30, and June 11.
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