More than 390,000 doses of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines donated by Lithuania arrived within the Philippines on Saturday night time, the Department of Health (DOH) mentioned.
The vaccine doses have been obtained by authorities officers, led by DOH Assistant Secretary Leonita Gorgolon, in a ceremony on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), which was additionally attended by the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Lithuania, Julia Netta Vildzius Peña and the Deputy Head of Mission of the European Union to the Philippines, Dr. Ana-Isabel Sanchez-Ruiz.
Bivalent vaccines present safety towards the unique COVID-19 pressure, SARS-CoV-2, and Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, in keeping with the DOH.
In August 2022, the DOH began negotiating to acquire provides of bivalent vaccines. In January 2023, Lithuania supplied to donate these vaccines.
“It is with great pleasure that we have received such generous donations from the Lithuanian Government and our sincerest gratitude to our partner agencies for being one with the DOH in seeing that within our reach is a bountiful future, one that is most achievable starting with ensuring that we have sufficient protection against the COVID-19 virus,” DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire mentioned.
“Apart from these donations, the DOH is also in constant contact with the COVAX Facility with regard to getting additional doses of bivalent vaccines for the public,” the company added.
Under the DOH tips, healthcare employees, senior residents, people with comorbidities, and those that are immunocompromised will get precedence entry to the donated bivalent vaccines.
It additionally states that a person could also be vaccinated with the bivalent vaccines after at the very least 4 to 6 months after their final booster vaccination. —VBL, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
