DAVAO CITY—Officials here heaved a collective sigh of relief over the arrival of 12,000 doses of CoronaVac, the vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac and donated by the Chinese government, for injection into at least 6,000 people, mostly health workers, in a city with a population of 1.6 million (2015 census).
The plane carrying the vaccines landed at the Davao International Airport past 6 a.m. on Tuesday (March 2).
Mayor Sara Duterte told the INQUIRER late on Monday (March 1) that the doses were enough for 6,000 peoeple, mostly health care workers at the Southern Philippines Medical Center, one of the biggest hospitals in Mindanao.
Dr. Ashl…
Keep on reading: Davao City execs heave sigh of relief at arrival of 12,000 CoronaVac doses