MANILA, April 23 (Xinhua): The Philippines received an additional batch of Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine on Thursday evening (April 22), the third tranche of doses purchased by the Philippine government from China.
China was the first to deliver the Covid-19 vaccines to the Philippines. Its donation of Sinovac's vaccines arrived on Feb 28, allowing the Philippines to start its mass vaccination on March 1.
The Philippines has administered over 1,600,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines as of Wednesday , primarily to frontline healthcare workers and the elderly, according to health authorities.
The government aims to inoculate up to 70 million Filipinos this year to achieve herd immunity, starting with health care workers and the elderly.
The Southeast Asian country is ramping up the vaccination efforts as it continues to battle a surge of Covid-19 infections fuelled by more infectious variants.
As of Thursday, the Covid-19 has sickened 971,049 people in the Philippines since the disease emerged in the country in January 2020. A total of 16,370 patients have died from the disease. - Xinhua
China was the first to deliver the Covid-19 vaccines to the Philippines. Its donation of Sinovac's vaccines arrived on Feb 28, allowing the Philippines to start its mass vaccination on March 1.
The Philippines has administered over 1,600,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines as of Wednesday , primarily to frontline healthcare workers and the elderly, according to health authorities.
The government aims to inoculate up to 70 million Filipinos this year to achieve herd immunity, starting with health care workers and the elderly.
The Southeast Asian country is ramping up the vaccination efforts as it continues to battle a surge of Covid-19 infections fuelled by more infectious variants.
As of Thursday, the Covid-19 has sickened 971,049 people in the Philippines since the disease emerged in the country in January 2020. A total of 16,370 patients have died from the disease. - Xinhua
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