The health department on Monday, October 18, reports almost 13,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses wasted due to what it calls ‘temperature excursions’ and transport problems. Full story:
The Department of Health on Monday, October 18, reported a total of 12,970 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been wasted, mainly due to temperature"excursions" and transport problems.Nagkaroon ng sunog sa Cotabato at saka sa Ilocos Norte kung saan ang ating mga bakuna ay nadamay sa pagkasunog,"Vergeire added some of the wastage was due to vaccine transport boxes being soaked in water while being transported.
"Nagkaroon ng ano sa bangka na sinasakyan nila, may issue tayo doon na nalubog ang mga vaccine transport boxes natin doon,"Aside from these, Vergeire said other reasons include some COVID-19 vaccines not having labels or some having particulate matter in them. "Doon sa ilalim ng bakuna may nag se-settle na particulate matters. Kapag ka ganoon ang histura ng bakuna hindi na natin ginagamit 'yan,"The incident of vaccine wastage comes as the Philippines is lagging behind other countries in terms of vaccination coverage.
In a Nikkei Asia report released early October, the financial magazine said that the Philippines still has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the world as only 30% of its population of 110 million have been fully vaccinated as of September 30, noting it was"low even among ASEAN countries." The Philippines began vaccinating the general adult population on October 7. Keep updated with the Philippines' vaccination in the trackers below.
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