BACOLOD City – The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of the city government assured the public to rollout all coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines before their expiry date at the end of this month.
Doctor Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical and data analysis of EOC, said these were the Sputnik and AstraZeneca vaccines.
“We are conducting day-to-day vaccination,” he added. “We still have 26 days to go to roll-out these vaccines, daku pa ang time para maubos ini tanan.”
The city will focus the rollout to those who were not yet vaccinated, those eligible for their second dose and/or booster shots.
Sorongon said the city has already vaccinated almost half of a million but only about 100,000 have received the booster shots.
They are also intensifying the vaccination program in schools that plan face-to-face classes particularly for the children aged 12 to 17 years old.
Earlier, City Health officer-in-charge Edwin Miraflor disclosed there were 20,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines that will expire this month; 40,000 in May; 5,000) in July; and 10,000 in August./PN