DOH: Filipinos hesitant to get Sputnik V COVID-19 jabs due to delivery delays

A medical staff holds a vial of the Sputnik V Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine during the launch of its first phase programme at Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad on May 17, 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — Some Filipinos are reluctant to be vaccinated with Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines following delayed deliveries last year, a health official said Friday.

Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said there is a problem with the use of and preference for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Gamaleya Research Institute in the country. 

“Initially there was a good uptake of Gamaleya. But we had the problem middle and late last year when the second doses did not arrive on time and took several months before they arrived,” Cabotaje, who heads the National Vaccination Operations Center, said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel. 

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