“Kulang na kulang po itong 390,000 so what we need to do is to prioritize who needs it first. One, the elderly. Second, those with comorbidity, and third, healthcare workers. Since nag-wane na ‘yung immunity nila, we need to protect them all,” said Herbosa during a Palace press briefing.
Herbosa said the vaccines have already been distributed in various health centers in different local government units .“We are negotiating to acquire more. There are more that want to donate. There are probably some procurement we need to do,” he added.“Nawala iyong [COVID-19 state of calamity] na eh … the issues of the vaccines in terms of the EUA . So to procure it, kailangan marehistro siya sa ating FDA . So merong snag doon but we are trying hard to get more,” he said.
This situation consequently reverted the DOH’s procurement of COVID-19 vaccines to its usual process.According to Herbosa, the procurement of bivalent vaccines will be akin to during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when the country was also procuring monovalent COVID-19 vaccines.Herbosa explained the procurement of bivalent vaccines is not as easy as ordering it “off the shelf.”
This is because the vaccines are only produced by the manufacturer when the request for procurement has been finalized.The health secretary said the shelf life of bivalent vaccines is only six months.RELATED STORIES:
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