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UAE donates 100K Sinopharm jabs to PH

Published Aug 11, 2021 03:13 pm

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government donated 100,000 doses of Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine against the coroanvirus disease (COVID-19) to the Philippines on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 11.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government donates 100,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the Philippines on Aug. 11, 2021. (Screenshot from PTV livestream)

A commercial plane from Etihad Airways delivered the vaccines around 1:55 p.m. at Terminal 3 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City via flight EY 424.

The vaccine, also known as Sinopharm-HayatVax, is esentially the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine that is being manufactured domestically by the UAE government.

The arrival ceremony was witnessed by Assistant Secretary Wilben Mayor, spokesperson of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19; Department of Health (DOH) Director Ma. Soledad Antonio; and Khalid Alhajeri, acting Charge Affaires of the UAE Embassy in Manila.

According to the NTF, the vaccines were separate from the one million Sinopharm shot that will be donated by China on Aug. 21.

Top government officials led by National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 spokesperson Wilben Mayor (second from right), Department of Health (DOH) Director Ma. Soledad Antonio (right); and Khalid Alhajeri (second from left), acting Charge Affaires of the UAE Embassy in Manila, witness the arrival of 100,000 Sinopharm vaccines that were donated by the UAE governement to the Philippines on Aug. 11, 2021. (Screenshot from PTV livestream)

"This will be very, very helpful for the Filipino people. Thank you very much United Arab Emirates," Mayor said in a press briefing.

Mayor said the vaccines will be deployed in areas that are experiencing a surge due to the spread of the Delta variant. He did not elaborate what specific areas he was referring to.

National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 Spokesperson Wilben Mayor speaks during the arrival of 100,000 Sinopharm vaccines that were donated by the United Arab Emirates to the Philippines on Aug. 11, 2021. (Screenshot from PTV livestream)

He said the Sinopharm donation was issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) by the country's Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, Aug. 11.

"The FDA has issued the EUA for the vaccine that we call HayatVax dated Aug. 11, 2021. It was issued today by the FDA," he noted.

The Sinopharm shots will be used for the inoculation of individuals aged 18 years old and above.

With the donation, Mayor bared that the government is planning to buy additional supplies of Sinopharm.

"Ang pagkakaalam ko ay mayroong dicussion to secure Sinopharm (What I know is that there are already discussions to secure Sinopharm)," he said. He did not divulge further information as to how many doses of Sinopharm the government is planning to buy.

The latest delivery could be regarded as the first official and government-sanctioned delivery of Sinopharm jabs in the country.

Last year, it was reported that an undetermined number of Sinopharm shots were allegedly smuggled into the country and used by the Presidential Security Group (PSG), then Special Envoy to China Ramon Tulfo Jr., and other government officials.

With the delivery, the vaccine supply increased to 38,702,200 doses.

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