15,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine arrive in Manila

The first batch of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia has arrived in the Philippines on Saturday afternoon.

In a Super Radyo dzBB report by Julee Anne Mae Cabrera-Cera, 15,000 doses of the vaccine arrived at the Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

The Boeing 347 with connecting flight of QR932 arrived at 3:42 p.m. in Manila from Russia and Qatar, according to the NAIA Media Affairs Office.

Inisyal na 15,000 doses ng Sputnik V ng Gamaleya ng Russia, dumating na sa bansa lulan ng isang Qatar Airways flight. | ????NTF @gmanews pic.twitter.com/Nh2UGWOdEb

— Ian Cruz (@_iancruz) May 1, 2021

The vaccines was then brought to the storage facility in Marikina City.

UPDATE: Dumating na sa PharmaServ Express storage facility sa Marikina City ang 15,000 doses ng Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines. | via @luisitosantos03 pic.twitter.com/mkRuYnXijy

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) May 1, 2021

The arrival of the first batch of ordered Sputnik V vaccines was expected to arrive an hour earlier than the original 5 p.m. estimated time of arrival. -MDM, GMA News