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PH welcomes first batch of Sputnik Light, 2.8 million more Sputnik V jabs

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='The first batch of the single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine arrives in Manila, November 19, 2021. Screengrab' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/patrolph/11/19/sputnik.jpg' ><figcaption>The first batch of the single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine arrives in Manila, November 19, 2021. Screengrab</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The Philippines on Friday welcomed its first 5,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik Light donated by Kremlin, the single-shot version of their flagship COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V. </p><p>Aside from this, the country also received 2,805,000 more government-bought Sputnik V jabs, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said. </p><p>The shots arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 past 2 p.m. via AirBridge Cargo flight RU9230. </p><p>The delivery raises the country's total vaccine arrivals to 133.16 million, data collated by the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group showed. </p><div><strong>WHAT IS SPUTNIK LIGHT?</strong></div><p>The single-dose vaccine developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute was approved for emergency use in the Philippines last August. It had shown 79.4 percent efficacy when it was first <a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/07/21/russia-approves-single-dose-sputnik-light-covid-19-dose'>authorized for use</a> in Russia. </p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/23/21/ph-approves-eua-of-one-jab-russia-covid-19-vaccine'>READ: Philippines OKs emergency use of one-dose Russia COVID-19 vaccine</a></li></ul><p>Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. had said the country was poised to order 10 million doses of Sputnik Light.</p><p>Russia has already said that subsequent research showed Sputnik Light demonstrated 70 percent effectiveness against the Delta variant three months after injection.</p><p>Russian authorities also said the single-dose vaccine could be used as a "main vaccine" or as booster.</p><p>Food and Drug Administration Director-General Eric Domingo said Sputnik Light's EUA in the country was amended to be included as a "heterologous booster." </p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/16/21/ph-oks-use-of-4-brands-as-covid-19-booster-shots'>READ: Philippines OKs use of 4 vaccine brands as COVID-19 booster shots</a></li></ul><p>"Ibig pong sabihin maaari po siyang ibigay na pangatlong dose sa mga pasyente na nakatanggap ng ibang bakuna," said the FDA chief. </p><p>(This means it can be given as a third dose to a patient who received a different vaccine.) </p><p>The Philippines aims to vaccinate at least 54 million of the country's eligible population by the end of the year. </p><p>As of Thursday, the country has fully vaccinated nearly 33 million individuals, while almost 41 million are partially immunized from the respiratory disease. </p><div><strong>— with a report from Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News; Reuters</strong></div><div class='infogram-embed' data-id='_/yFVE69R1WlSdqY3aCsBF' data-title='COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER PH' data-type='interactive'> </div><script type='text/javascript'>!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script>

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PH welcomes first batch of Sputnik Light, 2.8 million more Sputnik V jabs

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Published November 19, 2021 03:34 PM PHT

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