PH receives 500K Sinovac doses, total now 3M
On Thursday, April 22, the Philippines received an additional 500,000 doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine, bringing the total number of government-procured and donated Sinovac vaccines to 3 million.
This shipment is part of a larger order of 25 million doses purchased by the Philippine government from Sinovac Biotech.
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. stated that approximately 100,000 of these new doses will be allocated for Metro Manila to help achieve herd immunity between October and November.
The latest delivery brings the total number of vaccine doses in the country to 3,525,600, including AstraZeneca vaccines donated through COVAX.
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