MANILA, Philippines — The 7,500 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that were returned by authorities from Bicol to the Department of Health (DOH) can still be used, the agency assured Wednesday.
“We have yet to receive the official report on this but preliminary findings show that the temperature device was faulty and the vaccines remain in usable condition,” DOH said in a statement.
Authorities from the Bicol Region returned at least 7,500 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to the DOH central office on Sunday because the vials had been packed with defective thermometers.
“The thermometer was defective, so we didn’t know if the vaccines were still within the allowed temperatu…
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