Philippines gets 3.53 million more procured Sinovac doses
MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte administration on Wednesday received 3,530,400 new doses of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine as part of its procured supply.
Flagship carrier Philippine Airlines carrying the additional jabs landed at the NAIA Terminal 2 in Parañaque early morning of November 17.
Sinovac comprises majority of the country's stockpile of vaccines for the efforts that began in March.
This latest shipment brought the number of Sinovac doses in the Philippines to 54.03 million, per a Philstar.com monitoring.
Of that, 51.13 million were procured by the national government, two million were donated by Beijing, while 500,000 were purchased by local goverrnments and 400,000 by the private sector.
The arrival of new Sinovac doses came as the country begins administering booster shots to health workers.
The Chinese-developed jab is among the Food and Drug Administration cleared for emergency use for booster doses.
Other vaccine brands cleared for booster are Pfizer and Moderna.
Eight months into inoculation efforts, there are now 32.21 million Filipinos fully vaccinated for COVID-19 according to official data.
That figure is out of the targeted 77.13 million by the government this year to meet population protection.
Some 39.46 million have received an initial shot, with 71.68 million vaccine doses administered in total. — Christian Deiparine
A new thread on the Philippines' vaccination program in 2021 in the government's revised objective to reach "population protection." Bookmark our COVID-19 and Vaccination Dashboard for the latest figures on the pandemic in the Philippines. — Main image: The STAR/Michael Varcas, file
The city government of Valenzuela City announces that it is temporarily suspending the use of Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccines as they wait for more vaccine supplies.
ADVISORY: Pansamantalang inihinto ang pagbabakuna ng Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine sa Valenzuela habang naghihintay ng karagdagang supply. (????: Valenzuela LGU) pic.twitter.com/j4yO52jgMN
— PTVph (@PTVph) August 7, 2023
Pasig City government announces the schedule of COVID-19 vaccination in the city from July 15 until July 28.
It advises residents that first, second dose and first and 2nd booster shots are available on a first come, first serve basis in its designated vaccination sites.
Among the available vaccine brands is Sinovac for 6 years old and above. It adds that there are no Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines yet for residents age 12 and above.
Schedule ng Pagbabakuna sa Pasig City |07/25/2023-07/28/2023 | First Come, First Served Basis
— Pasig Info (@PasigInfo) July 24, 2023
Tingnan ang material para sa vaccination sites kung saan makakapagpa - 1st at 2nd dose, at 1st at 2nd booster shot; at kung ano ang mga dapat dalhin sa araw ng pagbabakuna
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President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to lead the rollout of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccination at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City. — The STAR/Helen Flores
President Marcos will lead the launch of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccination at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City on Wednesday morning. (Photo courtesy of MPC pool) | @helenmflores pic.twitter.com/wbB2An7xgg
— The Philippine Star (@PhilippineStar) June 21, 2023
The Department of Health reminds public that they can still avail of the COVID-19 booster and bivalent booster. It reposted an infographic that determines when it is best to get the first two boosters and the bivalent booster.
Senior citizens and frontline health workers may now get their second booster shots, particularly mRNA jabs such as Moderna and Pfizer, the Department of Health announces. — Gaea Katreena Cabico
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