Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 5) — The country is expecting the arrival of over 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in a few days, the Palace said Monday.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said during his regular virtual briefing that some 1 million doses of British-Swedish brand AstraZeneca are set to arrive this week.
The doses, donated by the Japanese government will “tentatively” arrive on July 8, the country’s ambassador to the Philippines, Kazuhiko Koshikawa said last Tuesday.
Also in the pipeline are 170,000 components 1 and 2 of Russian brand Sputnik V’s COVID-19 vaccine bought by the Philippine government, Roque added.
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Over 11 million vaccine doses have been administered in the country as of July 2, latest government data shows. At least 2.86 million Filipinos have been fully inoculated against the contagious disease, while 8.83 million have received their first COVID-19 shot.
