Eighteen boxes of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in DOH 6 Coldroom Warehouse in Mandurriao, Iloilo City. Frontliners and hospital employees can be vaccinated within 2 to 4 days. According to Dr. Mary Jane Juanico of DOH 6, 11 boxes of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine have also arrived in Bacolod City.
There is a total of 8, 438 frontliners and hospital employees from six hospitals across the region.
The following is how the Sinovac vaccines will be distributed:
| 2, 224 | Western Visayas Medical Center |
| 1,742 | West Visayas State University Medical Center |
| 1,500 | St. Paul’s Hospital |
| 426 | Iloilo Doctor’s Hospital |
| 1, 153 | Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital |
| 1, 493 | Riverside Medical Center |
Dr. Mary Jane Juanico said that the deployment of vaccines will start in the afternoon. Vaccination may begin as soon as the hospital receives the vaccines.
Photos by Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development
