Taguig acquires cold storage facility for COVID-19 vaccines

The Taguig City government announced on Saturday that it secured the facilities for the storage and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines it will acquire from the national government and from the city's negotiations.

The Taguig government partnered with ORCA Cold Chain Solutions to repurpose a Bagumbayan Village building into cold storage facility with a 22,000 MT static storage capacity, and which can move 876,000 MT on an annual basis.

The facility is capable of real-time monitoring with IT software and digital technology.

The city had also prepared the other components to ensure the vaccines can be transported from the storage facility to vaccination centers under controlled temperatures and with quality checks.

“Taguig is ready. We are steadfast in our pledge of immunizing all Taguigeños and ending this battle against the coronavirus,” said Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano in a statement.

“Vaccination is a crucial step in halting communicable diseases and this facility is necessary for us to deliver the life-saving vaccine from the laboratories to our citizens.”

On January 5, the Taguig government committed to allocate P1 billion to ensure its 1 million residents are vaccinated for free.

The city thus preordered vaccines from biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and was in negotiations with other suppliers to complement the provisions from the national government. — DVM, GMA News