2,400 doses of Sputnik V, 10,000 Coronavac vaccines arrive in Bicol | Inquirer News

2,400 doses of Sputnik V, 10,000 Coronavac vaccines arrive in Bicol

By: - Correspondent / @msarguellesINQ
/ 04:25 PM July 13, 2021

LEGAZPI CITY—At least 2,400 doses of newly donated Russian-made anti-COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V (Gamaleya) arrived Tuesday morning, with 10,000 vials of the China-made Coronavac (Sinovac) vaccines at the Legazpi City Domestic Airport.

The Department of Health (DOH) in Bicol said the vaccines arrived around 9 a.m. in nine boxes aboard a Philippine Air Lines commercial flight from Manila.

Noemi Bron, DOH Bicol health and promotion department chief, said the national government allocated the Sputnik V vaccines to the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital and Legazpi City for “pilot” rollout.

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The Sinovac vaccines were for additional second doses of residents of Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Sorsogon, and the island provinces of Masbate and Catanduanes.

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The vaccines were brought to the DOH Bicol cold Storage facility for inventory.

The DOH vaccine rollout tracker as of July 8 shows that the region had received 294,380 doses of vaccines against COVID-19, of which 274,821 or 93 percent had been inoculated to health workers, senior citizens, and persons with illnesses.

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