MODERNA VAX. Department of Health-Caraga staff members transport Moderna vaccines from Bancasi Airport in Butuan City to the storage facility on Friday (Aug. 6, 2021). A total of 480 vials containing 4,800 doses were allotted to the region. (Photo courtesy of DOH-13)
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Health-Caraga (DOH-13) received 480 vials or 4,800 doses of the Moderna vaccine via a Philippine Airlines flight that landed at Bancasi Airport here on Friday.
The vaccine doses were transported to the cold-chain facility to ensure their integrity and temperature, DOH-13 said in a statement on Saturday.
Moderna is a two-dose vaccine with a recommended interval of 28 days.
It requires storage temperature between minus 25 degrees to minus 15 degrees Celsius, DOH-13 added.
There are still 1,001 active cases of Covid-19 in Caraga as of Saturday, or about 4 percent of the total 25,427 infections since March last year when the pandemic began.
Recoveries are 23,597, or 93 percent of the total, while deaths have reached 829. (PNA)
