DOH: Initial doses of donated bivalent vaccines expected to arrive by end of March

Around one million doses of donated bivalent vaccines against COVID-19 are expected to arrive by the end of March, said the Department of Health. | zacariansINQ

“So pagkanag-push through talaga ‘yan, by the end of march hopefully we expect the initial doses to arrive,” said DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press forum.

“So sa sumatutal, meron tayong expected na darating na bakuna ng bivalent, hopefully by the end of March nag umpisa na siya and then at the same time in parallel, we are trying to explore how we will be able to procure and have these faster procurement para naman sa mga bakuna to supplement these donations,” said Vergeire.Meanwhile, Vergeire said in the same briefing that the DOH is also coordinating with other countries which offered to donate bivalent vaccines.

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