The second batch of China-donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines.
On Wednesday morning, the second batch of China-donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines.
The 400,000 CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by China arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 via Philippine Airlines B777 on Wednesday at around 7:00 a.m.
National Task Force Against COVID-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, and Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian were seen personally welcoming the arrival of the said vaccines.
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin were also reportedly present in the welcoming ceremony.
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Prior to this, Huang Xilian on Monday said that his team had been working round the clock with their Philippine counterparts for the arrival of the second batch of China-donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses as this would be China’s second donation to the Philippines after airlifting the first batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses three weeks ago, which would bring the total amount of donation to one million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses.
According to Xilian, “no one is safe until everyone is safe” as they needed to race against time in their efforts in order to speed up the mass vaccination process.
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Previously, the Philippines received 600,000 China-donated Sinovac vaccines and 525,600 doses from AstraZeneca through the World Health Organization-led COVAX facility.
CNN Philippines reported that between March 24 and March 26, more than 979,200 more AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses via COVAX would be shipped to the Philippines.
One million additional Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses purchased by the Philippine government were also expected to arrive in the country on March 29.
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