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PH expecting 10M doses of COVID-19 vaccines within June - Galvez

Over 10 million anti-COVID vaccine doses are expected to be delivered to the country this June, as the government gears up for the inoculation of economic frontliners under the A4 priority group starting this week. This was announced by Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr., Vaccine Czar and National Task Force against COVID-19 Chief Implementer, during the arrival of one million government-procured Sinovac doses here on Sunday morning, June 6. According to Galvez, scheduled vaccine deliveries for June include 5.5 million doses of Sinovac, which includes the latest shipment of one million doses, another one million doses on June 10, and the remaining 3.5 million doses later this month. “Ito po ay nabili natin through the DOH (Department of Health) fund. GAA (General Appropriations Act) po ‘yan,” he said. Also set to arrive this month are 100,000 doses of Sputnik V on June 8, and 250,000 doses of Moderna on June 21. Meanwhile, 2, 280, 000 million doses of Pfizer vaccines from the COVAX facil