MANILA, Philippines — An additional 500,000 doses of CoronaVac, the COVID-19 vaccine from China’s Sinovac BioTech arrived in the Philippines on Sunday afternoon.
The procured vaccine doses arrived in flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight PR359 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 at 5:18 p.m, according to a report by state-run media Peoples’ Television (PTV).
This is the second batch of vaccines procured by the Philippine government that arrived in the country. The first batch, which was one million doses, arrived on March 29.
The Philippines has procured some 25 million doses of the said vaccine.
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