MANILA, Philippines — One million of the two million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that arrived in May and are set to expire in June and July have already been administered, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday.
Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said the remaining 500,000 doses will be administered as second dose to health workers who were vaccinated in March while the other 500,000 will be administered as first dose.
“We are confident that by end of June nai-jab na itong ating remaining 500,000 as first doses habang kinukumpleto natin ‘yung pang second dose ng first batch,” she said in a Laging Handa public briefing.
(We are confident that by the end of June w…
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