The UAE once again helps another country in fighting against COVID-19: Philippines receives 100,000 Sinopharm vaccine from the UAE!

Sinopharm, based in China, donated 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine shots to the Philippines, the first time the company has done so. According to the National Task Force Against COVID-19, the vaccine landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 about 1:55 p.m. by Flight EY 424 from the United Arab Emirates. The immunizations were welcomed at NAIA by Assistant Secretary Wilben M. Mayor, Health Director Ma. Soledad Antonio, and UAE Embassy Acting Chargé d’Affaires Khalid Alhajeri. The mayor expressed gratitude to the UAE government for the vaccine contribution, which he said will help the country’s immunization campaign in the face of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta form.

It will be provided in places where COVID-19 cases are on the rise, he said. Even before it was approved for emergency use, Sinopharm’s vaccine candidate was used on President Rodrigo Duterte. The Department of Health received approval from the Food and Drug Administration in June to accept donated Sinopharm vaccinations.