2M doses of procured Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive in Manila

Two million doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine were flown in to the Philippines on Monday, September 13, 2021, aboard a Philippine Airlines plane. The vaccine doses were procured from China. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. was at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to welcome the arrival of the vaccine doses. Photo: National Task Force Against COVID-19

The Philippines received on Monday morning two million doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine procured from China.

The vaccine doses were flown in to Manila from Beijing, China using a Philippine Airlines plane.

The shipment arrived past 7 a.m. at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2.

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. was at NAIA to receive the vaccine procurement.

From NAIA, the vaccine doses were brought to a cold storage facility.

Galvez, also the chief implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID-19, said the Sinovac vaccine doses that arrived on Monday will be delivered to Regions 4A, 3, 6, 11, 9, and surge areas, as well as 151 highly urbanized cities.

He also said the country will receive this month 5.5 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX facility, according to a report by Mao dela Cruz on Dobol B TV.

Also expected to arrive soon are COVID-19 vaccines of AstraZeneca and Moderna. —KG, GMA News

2M doses of procured Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive in Manila
Source: Balita News