The country welcomed the largest shipment of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines delivered so far, and another batch of Pfizer doses.
A total of 720,000 doses of the Russia-made vaccine arrived Saturday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City. Inter-Agency Task Force special adviser Dr. Ted Herbosa said there are now over 1.3 million Sputnik V vaccines delivered to the country. With the arrival of the fresh Sputnik V shots, the country has now breached the 92 million mark in total COVID-19 vaccine deliveries since inoculations started in March, according to Herbosa.This is the third batch of Pfizer shots procured by the national government after an initial 862,290 doses arrived Thursday, and a shipment of 1,068,210 shots Friday.
Herbosa said the newly arrived Pfizer doses will be used for the vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities.The Philippine government has set a target of about 104 million vaccine doses to be delivered to the country by end of October.
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