Russia's Sputnik - the Covid-19 vaccine - touches down in the Philippines

132, 000 doses of Sputnik V’s COVID-19 vaccine arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Friday night, July, 9, 2021. - Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN

MANILA, July 10 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): One hundred thirty two thousand two hundred doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine procured by the government arrived has arrived in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

According to the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19, 82, 000 doses from this latest Sputnik V delivery will serve as the first vaccine dose while 50, 000 are allocated as the second dose.