A TOTAL of 2,920 doses of Covid-19 vaccines are set to arrive in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental Friday, March 12, 2021, from the Regional Office of the Department of Health-Western Visayas.
Dr. Jane Juanico, Infectious Disease Cluster head of DOH-Western Visayas, confirmed to Sunstar-Bacolod the scheduled arrival Friday of 370 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines for Negros Occidental and another 1,560 doses for Bacolod City.
Juanico also said 990 doses of additional Sinovac vaccines will arrive Friday for Negros Occidental.
She explained that Bacolod City is getting more vaccines because big hospitals that cater to Covid-19 patients and level 3 hospitals are located in the city, while Negros Occidental has only four Level 1 and 2 hospitals that cater to Covid-19 cases.
She said based on the list submitted by the province, 2,590 medical frontliners are volunteering to be vaccinated.
An initial 1,600 Sinovac vaccines have already been released to the province.
Secretary Vince Dizon, vaccination testing czar, who was in the province for the ceremonial vaccination at the Teresita Jalandoni Provincial Hospital, said 10,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines have been delivered in Western Visayas on Thursday.
He said upon the orders of Secretary Carlito Galvez, vaccine czar, the distribution of AstraZeneca should be immediate, so the allocation of Negros Occidental and Bacolod City are expected to arrive Friday.
The first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines that arrived in the country is intended for senior citizen health workers.
He said the 10,000 doses for Western Visayas are already good for two doses.
