BALANGA CITY — Gov. Albert Garcia announced Tuesday the arrival in Bataan of 4,000 doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease.
The governor said 2,000 doses of Coronavac delivered by the Department of Health were received by the provincial health office and another 2,000 doses by the Balanga City health office.
Garcia in an earlier announcement said the Bataan People’s Center, one of the 14 inoculation sites in the province, was closed Monday due to lack of vaccines to be administered for the first dose.
He said that it will be opened Tuesday for the vaccination of the second dose for priority groups A1 (medical and non-medical frontliners) and A2 (senior citizens).
However, with the arrival of the vaccines, inoculation will continue this Tuesday not only for the second dose but for the first jab as well to A1, A2 and A3 (persons with comorbidity), Garcia said.
Provincial health office chief Dr. Rosanna Buccahan said that available data showed that so far vaccinated were 34,730 persons for the first dose and 13,682 for the second dose.
She said that the province has received from DOH 38,730 single dose per vial of Coronavac (including the new arrivals), 2,420 of 10- 12 doses per vial of AstraZeneca and 300 single dose per ampule of Sputnik.
“Oras ang ating kalaban sa nakababahalang sitwasyong ito kung kaya’t hinihikayat natin ang lahat na ipagpatuloy ang pakikiisa sa programang pagbabakuna ng ating pamahalaan. Maaari dito nakasalalay ang pangmatagalang lunas at tuluyang pagpuksa sa pandemyang dulot ng Covid-19,” the governor said.
