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January 21, 2021
With assistance from the private sector, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Thursday said that the government has enough cold storage facilities for COVID -19 vaccines that are expected to arrive next month.
Vergeire told GMA News’ Unang Balita that vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III inspected some of the cold storage centers yesterday.
“Kahapon po ay nag-ikot si Secretary Galvez at saka si Secretary Duque at nakita naman po nila na we have na sapat naman po (na cold storage facility) katulong ang private sector,” Vergeire said.
“We have Zuellig, we have Unilab na tutulong for their storage facilities,” she added.
The government is negotiating with 18 logistics companies to make sure that no COVID-19 vaccines, either free or procured using public funds, will go to waste due to improper storage or transport services, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez says.
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+ January 20, 2021 (UPDATED) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, inspected cold storage facilities in preparation for the arrival of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines.
Duque and Galvez first visited United Laboratories Inc. (Unilab) in Biñan, Laguna.
Unilab’s cold storage facility within the Unilab Pharma Campus can store around five million doses of vaccine at a temperature of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius. It has been identified as one of the major storage hubs for Covid-19 vaccines.