Taga Ormoc Daily

562,770 doses of government procured Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday night, July 21 via DHL Flight LD457. Of this figure, 51,480 doses of Pfizer will be allocated each for Cebu and Davao, while the rest of the supply will be deployed to Metro Manila. This is part of the 40 million Pfizer doses the national government secured in June.  National Task Force Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez, Jr., joined by Health Usec. Carolina Vidal Taino, National Task Force Against COVID-19 adviser Dr. Ted Herbosa Country manager Edilberto Reyes and Alet Gaw, Vaccine Category Lead of Pfizer Philippines at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 witnessed the arrival of the said vaccines. To date, a total of 3,038,670 Pfizer vaccines arrived in the Philippines including the donation from the COVAX facility which arrived on May 10 and June 10.

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) finalized the protocols for fully vaccinated individuals. A fully vaccinated individual is someone who has more than or equal to 2 weeks after having received the second dose in a 2-dose vaccine; or more than or equal to 2 weeks after having received a single-dose vaccine. In addition, a fully vaccinated individual must be administered with vaccines that are included in the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) List or Compassionate Special Permit (CSP) issued by the Philippine Food and Drug Administration or Emergency Use Listing of the World Health Organization. Meanwhile, the intrazonal movement of fully vaccinated senior citizens within areas under General Community Quarantine and Modified General Community Quarantine shall continue to be allowed.  This, however, is subject to the presentation of a COVID-19 domestic vaccination card duly issued by a legitimate vaccinating establishment, or certificate of quarantine completion showing the holder’s vacc