March 12, 2021 A TOTAL of 2,920 doses of Covid-19 vaccines are set to arrive in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental Friday, March 12, 2021, from the Regional Office of the Department of Health-Western Visayas.
Dr. Jane Juanico, Infectious Disease Cluster head of DOH-Western Visayas, confirmed to Sunstar-Bacolod the scheduled arrival Friday of 370 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines for Negros Occidental and another 1,560 doses for Bacolod City.
Juanico also said 990 doses of additional Sinovac vaccines will arrive Friday for Negros Occidental.
She explained that Bacolod City is getting more vaccines because big hospitals that cater to Covid-19 patients and level 3 hospitals are located in the city, while Negros Occidental has only four Level 1 and 2 hospitals that cater to Covid-19 cases.
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NEGROS. Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, provincial administrator. (Terese Ellera)
+ March 09, 2021 INOCULATION using Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for medical frontliners in Negros Occidental will start on Thursday, March 11, at Teresita Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City.
This was confirmed Tuesday, March 9, by lawyer Rayfrando Diaz, provincial administrator, after the province got the 1,600 doses of Sinovac vaccines from Bacolod City as per instruction from the Regional Office of the Department of Health.
Dr. Jane Juanico, Infectious Disease Cluster head of DOH-Western Visayas, said the 1,600 doses given to Negros Occidental is the excess of Bacolod City from the 6,300 doses they got from the Regional Office.