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Friday, March 5, 2021

Zambo region gets 10,200 doses on Chinese Covid vaccines

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Some 10,200 doses of Chinese vaccine Sinovac intended for medical frontliners arrived Friday in Zamboanga City, Mayor Beng Climaco said.


Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco (with pink face mask) along with local health officials inspect the Sinovac Covid vaccine. (Bong Serondo)

Climaco, accompanied by health officials, welcomed the arrival of the vaccines, saying, it will greatly help protect frontliners in Zamboanga Peninsula and prevent the further spread of the deadly Coronavirus which affect the respiratory system.

She said the vaccines will benefit some 5,100 medical frontliners from different hospitals and health stations. “This is good news for our frontliners who are putting their life at risk to save others,” Salazar said.

 

Dr. Afdal Kunting, chief of the Zamboanga City Medical Center, was the first to be inoculated here with Sinovac vaccine.

 

Dr. Augusto Alpichi, of the Department of Health, said the Chinese vaccine was recommended by the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group and approved by the Food and Drug Authority.

 

The vaccines are part of the 600,000 doses donated by Beijing to the Philippines.

 

Manila also received Thursday some 487,200 doses of theAstraZenecaCovid-19 vaccine through the COVAX Advance Market Commitment, a global initiative to support equitable access to vaccines.

 

Washington said it has donated P97.2 billion ($2 billion) to COVAX, by far the largest contribution, to ensure the Philippines and other countries receive Covid-19 vaccines. The Philippines is among the first countries in the region to have received the vaccines through the COVAX facility.

 

“The United States is proud to be the largest contributor to COVAX, and we welcome the successful arrival of the first tranche of AstraZeneca vaccines in the Philippines. As we fight the pandemic together, the United States will continue to support the Philippines’ vaccination and Covid-19 mitigation efforts,” said U.S. Embassy ChargĂ© d’Affaires John Law. (Zamboanga Post)


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