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Delivery of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines delayed anew

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Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A health worker holds a vial of Pfizer" s="" COVID-19="" vaccine="" inside="" a="" mall="" in="" Makati="" City="" on="" July="" George="" ABS-CBN="" News="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/tvpatrol/05/23/20220728-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 delivery of the country&#x27;s first bivalent COVID-19 vaccines will be delayed again, the Department of Health said Tuesday.</p><p>DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire previously said the country would receive some 390,000 doses of the adapted version of the original vaccine this week.</p><p>&quot;As per the DOH - Bureau of International Health Cooperation (BIHC), there shall be a slight delay in the arrival of the bivalent vaccines as there are permits that are still needed to be coordinated,&quot; the DOH said in a statement. </p><p>&quot;Rest assured that the Department of Health is exhausting all efforts to receive the vaccines by the end of the month.&quot;</p><p>Bivalent vaccines are modified jabs that target both the original and omicron strains of the virus.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/16/23/ph-to-receive-first-delivery-of-bivalent-covid-vaccines-next-week">DOH: 390,000 doses of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines arriving next week</a></li></ul><p>A department memorandum regarding the administration of the omicron-specific vaccines has been signed, the DOH noted.</p><p>&quot;With regard to the preparation and implementation of the roll-out of the bivalent vaccine, the Department Memorandum has already been signed and only awaiting for its release,&quot; it added.</p><p>The delivery of the bivalent vaccines was first put on hold in March 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><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/22/23/ph-adds-12426-covid-19-cases-in-past-week">Philippines adds 12,426 COVID-19 cases in past week</a></li></ul><p>In the past week, the Philippines recorded 12,426 COVID-19 cases or an average of 1,775 daily infections.</p><p>During the past week, the DOH also verified 13 more COVID-related fatalities</p><p>As of May 22, the country had 16,053 active COVID-19 cases.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/14/23/doh-slight-delay-in-delivery-of-covid-bivalent-jabs">DOH sees &#x27;slight delay&#x27; in delivery of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/28/23/doh-covax-bivalent-donation-on-hold-for-now">DOH: Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine donation on hold for now</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><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=2623606" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Delivery of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines delayed anew

Davinci Maru,

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Published May 23, 2023 02:29 PM PHT

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Updated May 23, 2023 03:19 PM PHT

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