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190,000 Sputnik V vaccine doses arrive in PHL

(Eagle News) — Almost 200,000 Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines on Saturday evening. The 190,000 doses arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 around 11 p.m. “We are very thankful as we have said to you. Dumating na nga 190,000 (vaccine doses) component number 2,” vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said. According to Galvez, the doses will be allocated to areas that received earlier doses. He said these […]

Customs bureau: Over 500,000 Sinovac vaccine doses arrived in PHL on Sunday

(Eagle News) – Over 500,000 Sinovac vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines on Sunday. The Bureau of Customs said the vaccine doses consigned to the Department of Health arrived via flight no. PR 361 from Beijing, China. The vaccines underwent pre-arrival clearance process through NAIA One-Stop-Shop and were cleared for release within 15 minutes. The shipment was immediately transferred to the Metropac facility “to ensure the integrity and security of the vaccines prior to distribution,” […]