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DOH: 390,000 doses of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines arriving next week

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Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/08/16/20220728-covid-vaccine-makati-gc-4.jpg"/><figcaption>A health worker holds a vial of Pfizer&#x27;s COVID-19 vaccine inside a mall in Makati City on July 28, 2022. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Philippines will receive next week the first delivery of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines, the health department said Tuesday.</p><p>&quot;These bivalent vaccines, which is around 391,000 doses, will be arriving hopefully by next week already,&quot; Department of Health officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing.</p><p>The donor country, name withheld by the agency, has committed to deliver the anti-coronavirus jabs, she said.</p><p>Bivalent vaccines are modified jabs that target the omicron variant and the original form of the virus.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/28/23/doh-health-workers-seniors-to-get-first-crack-at-bivalent-jabs">DOH: Health workers, senior citizens to get first crack at bivalent vaccines</a></li></ul><p>Vergeire also disclosed the DOH restarted talks with COVAX Facility, a United Nations-backed international vaccine-sharing scheme.</p><p>&quot;Tayo po ay nakipag-usap na, na interesado tayo matanggap pa rin &#x27;yung additional na 2 million doses from the COVAX Facility,&quot; she said.</p><p>The delivery of the omicron-adapted vaccines was placed on hold while the DOH explored other legal remedies. </p><p>This, after the country&#x27;s state of calamity for COVID-19, which had clauses on indemnification and immunity from liability, expired on December 31.</p><p>The bivalent vaccines were supposed to be delivered in March.</p><div><strong>&#x27;WALANG KATOTOHANAN&#x27;</strong></div><p>Vergeire said there was no truth to a news article that the DOH was to blame for the delay in the arrival of bivalent vaccines.</p><p>The acting health chief said the agency started their negotiations with manufacturers since August last year.</p><p>&quot;Nagkaroon tayo ng obstacle o roadblock kasi na-lift po ang state of calamity. Naapektuhan po &#x27;yung mga authority natin for us to be able to procure our bivalent vaccine,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;So, wala pong katotohanan na nag-delay ang Department of Health.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/15/23/ph-logs-12414-covid-cases-up-31-pct-in-past-week">Philippines logs 12,414 COVID-19 cases, up 31 pct in past week</a></li></ul><p>As of May 15, the country has 15,895 active coronavirus infections, the DOH&#x27;s COVID-19 Tracker showed. Over 66,000 people have died from the virus since its spread in the Philippines in early 2020.</p><p>So far, more than 78.4 million Filipinos are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.</p><p>Of the figure, over 23.8 million have received their first booster dose while almost 4.4 million have gotten the second booster shot.</p><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=2617974" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar"><em>Courtesy of DOH</em></div>

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DOH: 390,000 doses of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines arriving next week

Davinci Maru,

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Published May 16, 2023 05:16 PM PHT

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