Palace: NCR Plus, Cebu, Davao cities to get most of latest China-donated COVID-19 shots

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/03/26/20210306-san-juan-covid-vaccine-gc.jpg"/><figcaption>Health workers from the San Juan Medical Center get inoculated with the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at the Filoil Flying V Arena on March 6, 2021. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (UPDATE) — Most of the second batch of China&#x27;s COVID-19 vaccine donation will go to areas worst hit by the new and more contagious variants of the disease, Malacañang said on Friday. The National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) decided on the allocation of 400,000 COVID-19 shots from Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech that <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/24/21/philippines-gets-additional-400000-sinovac-jabs-from-china">arrived</a> in the Philippines on Wednesday, said Palace spokesman Harry Roque. &quot;Ibibigay ang karamihan nito doon sa mga pinakaapektado ng new variants kasama na po ang NCR Plus, at ang Cebu at ang Davao,&quot; he said in a public briefing, quoting vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (Most of these will be given to those which are most affected by new variants, including NCR Plus, Cebu and Davao.)Roque later clarified that he was referring to Cebu and Davao cities. NCR Plus, currently in a quarantine bubble with tighter COVID-19 restrictions, includes Metro Manila and the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Bulacan. China earlier donated 600,000 Sinovac doses, which made up the country&#x27;s first vaccine delivery. The Philippines also earlier received 525,600 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from Britain&#x27;s AstraZeneca, with the help of global vaccine-sharing platform COVAX Facility.Officials have denied that China&#x27;s vaccine donation would impact its maritime dispute with the Philippines, as it came just as over 200 Chinese militia ships were seen encroaching into the West Philippine Sea, the country&#x27;s exclusive economic zone in the disputed South China Sea. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/25/21/palace-duterte-has-talked-to-friend-beijing-envoy-about-chinese-incursion-in-west-ph-sea ">Palace: Duterte has talked to &#x27;friend&#x27; Beijing envoy about Chinese incursion in West PH Sea</a></li></ul>The country&#x27;s 1.7 million health workers are on top of the priority list to get vaccinated. But reports of <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/video/03/24/21/mga-mayor-na-nabigyan-ng-covid-19-vaccine-pinagpapaliwanag">VIP</a> and <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/24/21/fda-to-probe-mon-tulfos-use-of-smuggled-coronavirus-vaccine">clandestine</a> vaccinations have marred the country&#x27;s inoculation drive, which government launched earlier this month, trailing neighboring countries. The Philippines is battling a surge in coronavirus infections that has pushed the total tally of cases to 693,048 cases, the second highest in Southeast Asia. <figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1648114" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Video courtesy of PTV</div>

Most of the second batch of China's COVID-19 vaccine donation will go to areas worst hit by the new and more contagious variants of the disease, Malacañang said on Friday.

Most of the second batch of China's COVID-19 vaccine donation will go to areas worst hit by the new and more contagious variants of the disease, Malacañang said on Friday.

Palace: NCR Plus, Cebu, Davao cities to get most of latest China-donated COVID-19 shots

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Palace: NCR Plus, Cebu, Davao cities to get most of latest China-donated COVID-19 shots

Jamaine Punzalan,

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Published Mar 26, 2021 11:58 AM PHT

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