The Philippines has received one million more doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, July 14.
The Sinovac vaccine doses arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City at 7:35 a.m.
According to the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) evaluation of Sinovac’s vaccine, it has the following efficacy rates:
- 65% to 91% among healthy individuals aged 18 to 59,
- 50.4% for health workers, and
- 51% to 52% on senior citizens or those aged 60 and above
- Sinovac’s vaccine is given in two doses
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said around 10 million COVID-19 vaccines would arrive in the Philippines this month.
“Hanggang sa katapusan ng buwang ito ay makatatanggap tayo ng mga bakunang ating inaasahan. It will be worth around 10 million doses ang parating hanggang matapos ang buwang ito,” she said in an interview on Unang Balita.
“We are thankful for another shipment of vaccines to the country, and we appreciate the efforts of Cebu Pacific and other carriers in continuously supporting our country’s vaccine distribution,” vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said.
1M more Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines arrive in PH
Meanwhile, an additional 11,100 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Davao City, Tuesday morning.
The second batch of the vaccine produced by the Gamaleya Institute in Russia, Philippine Airlines flight PR1809, arrived at around 6 p.m.
900 doses of it are reserved for the second dose, while 10,200 are for the first dose of those belonging to the A1 to A5 eligible priority groups.
The Davao region had earlier received 900 doses of Sputnik V on June 2.
According to the latest records of the Department of Health Davao region, they have already received 774,090 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Last week, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the Philippines would receive 16 million COVID-19 vaccines this month.
In August, the country will receive 14 million doses of the vaccine.
The list of priority areas also includes Bacolod, Iloilo, Cagayan De Oro, Baguio, Zamboanga, Dumaguete, Tuguegarao, General Santos, Naga, and Legazpi.
The government has also deployed 1.1 million AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the Japanese government in NCR+8 areas.
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