A total of 118,220 doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City Tuesday, August 24.
Negros Occidental received 87,710 doses and Bacolod City 30,510 doses.
Among the vaccines that arrived were 27,000 doses of Astra Zeneca for Bacolod City and 4,200 for Negros Occidental, which the local governments had purchased.
The Astra Zeneca delivery is part of 650,000 doses purchased by the Bacolod City government and the 100,000 doses by Negros Occidental.
The national government also sent 80,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines and 3,510 doses of Pfizer vaccines to Negros Occidental.
Bacolod City also received 3,510 doses of Pfizer vaccines from the national government.*