MANILA -- The BOC Cebu-Subport of Mactan cleared a total of 1,212,120 doses of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shipped in three batches last week.

The first shipment containing 994,500 vaccine doses arrived on October 6, 2021 and was donated to the government by the World Health Organization-Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (WHO-GAVI) through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This is the largest single importation of Pfizer vaccines processed in the Subport of Mactan.

On the same day, another vaccine shipment containing 76,050 doses arrived in Mactan and on October 7, 2021, 141,570 more doses of the same vaccine arrived. Both shipments are private importations from Germany by Pfizer Inc.

The three batches of vaccine shipments were processed in advance prior to their arrival under the Subport’s One-Stop-Shop to ensure their prompt and unhampered release. After the ramp release, the BOC COVAX Special Handling Team underguarded the vaccines until their delivery to the storage facility of the Department of Health Central Visayas Center for Health Development.
 
Since June 2021, the Subport of Mactan has cleared a total 2,013,570 doses of Pfizer vaccine.
 
The Subport guarantees the immediate release of time-sensitive vaccine importations in support to the government’s vaccination campaign. (BOC)