‘Game-changer’: Up to 6,000 COVID-19 shots daily at Solaire Hotel seen

FILE – National Action Plan Against COVID-19 chief Vince Dizon inspecting rooms in the 525-bed Solaire-Pagcor Mega Quarantine after the inauguration. —PHOTO BY MARIANNE BERMUDEZ

MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 vaccination site in Solaire Hotel has the capacity to give 6,000 shots a day, Malacañang said Wednesday.

Private companies will use the site to administer Moderna vaccines when they arrive, he said.

“Inaasahan natin na up to 6,000 [jabs] a day ang capacity nitong vaccination center at siyempre ‘yung mga iba’t ibang kumpanya na umangkat [ng bakuna] sa pamamagitan ng tripartite agreement, ‘yung kanilang mga empleyado ay pupunta rito para magpabakuna,” he said in a press briefing at the Solaire COVID-19 vaccination site.

(We expect that up to 6,000 shots a day is the capacity of the vaccination center and companies who procured vaccines through tripartite deals will vaccinate their employees here.)

Roque said the private sector’s initiative to vaccinate their employees with their own resources and facilities is a “game-changer” in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program as this would further accelerate the pace of immunization.

This would help the government achieve 500,000 vaccinations daily to achieve herd immunity within the year. Vaccinations have reached 350,000 per day, according to Roque.

“Can you imagine how much more faster the pace [of vaccinations] will be na nakipagtulungan na ang private sector using their own facilities? This is a game-changer in the fight against COVID-19,” he said.

Some 300,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses purchased by the government and the private sector are expected to arrive in the Philippines on June 27.

READ: Around 300K Moderna vaccine doses to arrive June 27, ‘bigger shipments’ by July, August — envoy

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