Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 6) – Over 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses are expected to be delivered to the country this June, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. confirmed on Sunday.
One million doses of Sinovac vaccines arrived on Sunday morning, which is part of the 5.5 million doses of the China-made shots that would be brought in this month. Galvez said another shipment of one million will arrive on June 10 while the remaining 3.5 million doses will be delivered later this month.
Sinovac recently secured emergency use authorization of its vaccine from the World Health Organization, making it the second Chinese manufacturer to be given the green light by the WHO after Sinopharm’s approval in early May. Malacañang earlier said the development would help boost the confidence of Filipinos in getting China-made vaccines.
Meanwhile, over 4.2 million vaccine doses from the WHO-backed COVAX facility are also set to arrive in the country. Of the total, about 2.28 million Pfizer doses will be delivered on June 10 while around 2 million AstraZeneca shots will arrive on the third week of June.
Also set to arrive this month are 100,000 doses of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines on June 8 and 250,000 doses of Moderna shots on June 21.
Government data as of June 2 showed that over 5.3 million doses have been administered nationwide to around 4 million people, including nearly 1.3 million who have already received their second shot.
