COVAX to replace 3.6 million expired COVID-19 jabs — Duque
MANILA, Philippines — The COVAX facility will replace around 3.6 million expired COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines, the Department of Health said.
The replacement of jabs comes with no additional cost, health chief Francisco Duque III said in a briefing aired Wednesday.
According to Duque, the expired COVID-19 shots made up 1.46% of the country’s vaccine inventory.
“Papalitan ‘yan. Ire-replace ng COVAX facility. Nag-meeting na kami kahapon at mayroon na silang sulat sa atin,” he said, noting the global vaccine-sharing initiative has a stockpile of vaccines with longer shelf life.
(Those will be replaced by COVAX facility. We had a meeting yesterday and they wrote us a letter.)
The COVAX facility, backed by the World Health Organization and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, delivers COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s most vulnerable people.
The DOH secretary added that he and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. also asked the COVAX facility to replace expired jabs that the government had procured.
The Philippines still has 98 million COVID-19 shots in its inventory, Galvez said.
More than 67.4 million Filipinos have completed vaccination against COVID-19. Of the figure, only 12.9 million have gotten boosters.
The country began giving second COVID-19 booster doses to immunocompromised adults. Authorities have been urging unvaccinated people to get immunized, and those who are eligible for booster shots to get additional protection.
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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