Negros Occidental recently received 164,840 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Wednesday, December 15.
The Negros Occidental provincial government did not accept AstraZeneca vaccines that are set to expire in December but received a large supply of Pfizer vaccines that have a shelf life until the end of January, he said.
The provincial government asked not to be sent 10,500 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that were supposed to be delivered December 7 because they are expiring this month, he said.
However, the provincial government received 49,140 doses of Pfizer vaccines on December 7 with expiration dates at the end of January, Diaz said.
The provincial government also received 35,000 doses of Moderna, 70,200 doses of Pfizer and 10,500 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines on Monday, December 13, he added.
At least Negrenses are assured that their vaccines will be very potent to protect them against COVID-19, he said.
The provincial government delivered more than 48,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the towns and cities of Negros Occidental on Tuesday, December 14, as it continues its massive vaccination drive. Diaz said.
They are keeping up their momentum even if the National Vaccination Days 2 campaign has been moved to December 20 to 23, he said.
Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines were sent out, he said.
“We are happy that all the LGUs are continuing their mass vaccination drives…and the turnouts have been high,” he said.*