Sinovac is first to roll out vaccine in PH

The Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd. will be the first to ship a coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine to the Philippines.

In a virtual press briefing on Thursday, Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said 600,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine, including the 100,000 it donated to the Department of National Defense (DND), would arrive on February 23.