PASAY CITY -- Some 132,200 doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines procured by the government arrived in the country on Friday evening, July 9, on board a Qatar Airways flight.

Of this latest shipment, 82,200 will serve as component 1 or the first dose, while the remaining 50,000 is allocated for component 2 or the second dose.

The country is also expecting the delivery of at least 37,800 doses (Component I) of the Sputnik V vaccines on Saturday, July 10.

NTF Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and Vaccine Czar Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. and Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov witnessed the arrival of the vaccines at the NAIA Terminal 3. (National Task Force Against COVID-19)