MANILA, Philippines — The delivery of 50,000 doses of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, will be delayed due to “ongoing upgrades and latest developments on the vaccine,” National Task Force against COVID-19 (NTF) chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Wednesday.
Galvez said the NTF has received communication from the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which finances the production of the vaccines, informing the Philippine government that the delivery of Sputnik V’s component II vaccines, will be “deferred to a later date.”
Sputnik V’s component II shots are intended as second doses for those vaccinated with the jab this month.
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