COTABATO CITY —- Health authorities in Cotabato province have sent 348 doses of the anti-COVID-19 Sinovac vaccines back to the Department of Health (DOH) regional office here to check if these were still safe for use.
Dr. Eva Rabaya, Cotabato provincial health chief, said the vaccines had been kept in a freezer without electricity for more than two days in Makilala, Cotabato after a two-hour brownout in the town last Friday.
Rabaya said they forwarded the vaccines to the DOH regional office to find out if the vaccines had not been spoiled.
Makilala municipal health officer Dr. Gina Sorilla, who was summoned by the municipal council to explain the incident, said the vaccines we…
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