According to INQUIRER.NET, one million more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from China’s Sinovac BioNTech are set to arrive in the Philippines on Sunday, June 6.
In an advisory on Saturday, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said the COVID-19 vaccines will be delivered by a Cebu Pacific flight (5J671).
The plane is expected to land at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 2 at 7:35 a.m. on June 6.
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INQUIRER.NETmentions, this will be the first batch of Sinovac vaccines to arrive in the country in June. The Philippines has so far received 5.5 million Sinovac vaccine doses.
A recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that most or 63% of Filipinos prefer COVID-19 vaccines made in the United States (US) like those made by Pfizer and Moderna.
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The Sinovac COVID-19 two-dose vaccine CoronaVac was recently approved by the Worl Health Organization (WHO) for emergency use, making it the second Chinese-made vaccine to receive the WHO’s green light
