MANILA, Philippines — The 30 vials of COVID-19 vaccine that were damaged in the Misamis Oriental Provincial Health Office fire will “most probably” be “considered wastage already” even as authorities continue to study the status of the shots.
Health Undersecretary and spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire said the 30 vaccine vials would have benefitted 300 people in the province. It was not clear if the damaged vials were CoronaVac or the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine — the only jabs available in the country so far.
“Most probably, dahil nagkaroon ng sunog (because there was fire), temperature was high, so hindi na po natin iri-risk na tingnan pa at gamitin ang bakuna dahil nabago …
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