1.8 million unutilized COVID-19 vaccines in Region 7

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The VVOC urged local governments to administer these shots as soon as possible. READ: CDNDigital

STOCK PHOTO: Vials of coronavirus disease vaccines of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and AstraZeneca are pictured at St. Mary’s Hospital, in Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

This after the Visayas Vaccination Operations Center on Wednesday, October 13 reported that there are 1,818,454 doses of COVID-19 vaccines that remained unutilized as of October 10.“We have adequate and an overabundance of vaccines but these are not moving. Kaya, we are urging and calling our LGUs to get more people to become vaccinated,” said Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, VVOC spokesperson.

Bohol, with 354, 117 unused doses of vaccines, came second. It was followed by Negros Oriental with 315,328 doses and Cebu City with 258,812 doses.

 

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