Pfizer vax deployment now focused in provinces: DOH
PFIZER DELIVERY. Resbakuna stickers are placed on the boxes containing Pfizer vaccine delivered on Wednesday (Oct. 6, 2021) night at the NAIA Terminal 3. The latest shipment is part of the 1,015,560 doses ordered by the government, of which 76,050 have arrived in Cebu and the remaining 77,220 to be delivered to Davao on October 7. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)
The provinces are priority in the deployment of the freshly delivered Pfizer vaccine doses as a new storage condition for the jab allows local governments to store it in standard refrigerator temperatures. Health Undersecretary Carolina Vidal-Taiño, who welcomed the arrival of the US-made jabs Wednesday night, said the vaccine could last up to 30 days
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when stored with a temperature between two to eight degrees Celsius.
“Hindi lang sa negative 70, puwede na rin siya ngayon sa 2 to 8 temperature requirement. So halos lahat na ng mga regions ngayon at lugar makakatanggap na rin sila ng Pfizer vaccine (It’s not only -70, we can also store it in 2 to 8 degrees Celsius. So most of the
regions may now get Pfizer vaccine),” she told reporters during the arrival of 862,290 Pfizer doses at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3.
The latest shipment is part of the 1,015,560 doses ordered by the government, of which 76,050 have arrived in Cebu and the remaining 77,220 to be delivered to Davao on October 7. Caraga INFOCUS
