DOH says vaccine supply stability may be determined in July

The Department of Health (DOH) said the steadiness of the COVID-19 vaccine supply could be determined by next month to assess when the vaccination for individuals under B category will start.

During a virtual press briefing, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire was asked if the inoculation for those under B category such as teachers, social workers, other government and essential workers could begin in August.

"It depends on the supply of vaccines. Alam naman natin 'yung ating estado when it comes to vaccine supply kaya tayo ay naggagradual ng expansion ngayon kung napapansin ninyo," Vergeire responded.

(We know the state of our vaccine supply, that's why we gradually expand our vaccination rollout.)

"As to expanding as to the sectors B and C, malalaman natin 'yan sa paglipas ng panahon. Maybe in July we can see how stable our supplies are and we can already determine kung puwede na natin ding umpisahan sila kasabay ng ibang sector na ginagawa na natin ngayon," she added.

(As to expanding as to the sectors B and C, we will know that soon. Maybe in July we can see how stable our supplies are and we can already determine if we can already vaccinate those from other sectors.)

On Monday, the national government started the COVID-19 vaccination for the workforce belonging to the A4 category estimated at 35 million.

Those under A4 category are workers who are physically required to go on site for their job whether they are from the government, private, informal and even household sector.

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. has said at least 10 million doses of Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Sputnik V vaccines are due to arrive in the country within the month.—AOL, GMA News