Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion, who was present during the arrival of the vaccines, said the private sector expects to receive a total of 1.15 million AstraZeneca doses this August.
“Around 50% of that arrived today. Maybe end of next week, [we will receive the] additional,” Concepcion said.
The country is also set to receive on Friday afternoon 15,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V component 2 or second dose, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said.
On Thursday, Galvez said those who received Sputnik V as their first dose can be inoculated with AstraZeneca, which is a similar type of vaccine, for their second shot if the supply would be further delayed.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 13) — Over half a million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine ordered by the private sector arrived in the Philippines on Friday morning.
The 575,000 doses were part of the tripartite agreement of the private sector with the Philippine government and the British-Swedish company.
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Under the Food and Drug Administration guidelines, the two required doses of Sputnik V must be given within 42 days. Sputnik V and AstraZeneca are both adenoviral vector vaccines.
