DOH reports ‘minimal’ COVID-19 vaccine wastage due to ‘Odette’

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A worker cuts branches of an uprooted tree after Super Typhoon Odette (Rai) passed in Iloilo of Panay province on December 17, 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health on Monday said that there has been "minimal wastage" of COVID-19 vaccines after Typhoon Odette (Rai) lashed the central and southern Philippines.

 

DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that 100 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were damaged in Bingawan, Iloilo.

 

"We will work hard to retrieve any lost vaccines," Vergeire said.

 

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