100,000 Sinopharm Vaccine Doses Arrive in the Philippines

The Philippines on Wednesday received 100,000 doses of China-made Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, which were donated by the United Arab Emirates.

COVID-19 Vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. earlier said that the UAE was eyeing to donate some 500,000 doses of the jab to the Philippines.

The vaccine, which was used on President Rodrigo Duterte, was the first Chinese jab approved by the World Health Organization.

The WHO had recommended that the two Sinopharm shots be taken three to four weeks apart.

The vaccine's efficacy for symptomatic and hospitalized cases of COVID-19 was estimated to be 79% when all age groups are combined, it said.