The Philippines has received an additional 400,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines donated by the Chinese government on Wednesday.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, National Task Force against COVID-19 Testing Czar Sec. Vince Dizon, Senator Bong Go, and China’s Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian witnessed the arrival of the shipment.
This is an addition to 600,000 doses of vaccines that were previously donated earlier this month.
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The country’s procurement of another batch of 1 million doses of vaccine from Sinovac is also expected to arrive on March 29.
The Philippines has also received 525,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines through the World Health Organization-backed COVAX vaccine sharing facility.
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Additional doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive early April. The country has so far received half a million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines.
Philippine Airlines brought the vaccines to the country, the first for a local airline. (TDT)
