Bulacan town readies cold storage facility for Covid-19 vaccine
PLARIDEL,
Bulacan – As the country gears up for the arrival of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines which need to be stored at low temperature, the local government of this town inspected on Saturday a cold storage facility where the vaccines will be kept.
Mayor Tessie Vistan, together mapapaso ang bakuna(This with other officials can hold 352,000 doses of of the Municipal InterAgency Covid-19 vaccines. That is Task Force Against why we chose it because the Covid-19, visited Royale facility is world-class and Cold Storage facility in then our vaccine is protected Barangay Bulihan here, here. We are confident the checking the readiness to vaccine will not expire,” she keep Covid-19 vaccines set said. to arrive next month. Royal Cold Storage chief
“We make sure we have executive officer Ferdinand a proper cold storage facility Tongson said each palette before the vaccines arrive with 28,000 doses costs in our town,” she said. only PHP70 per day.
Vistan said the local "Our facility is equipped government unit tapped the with state-of-the-art technology Royale Cold Storage as a that can consistently storage facility for the maintain the right Covid-19 vaccines. temperature of sensitive
“Ito ay kayang mag-hold products, such as vaccines, ng 352,000 doses ng Covid19 at all times, even in the vaccines. Kaya napili event of a power outage," namin ito dahil world-class Tongson said. ang facility at saka One room, he said, contains protektado ang ating bakuna 384 pallets that are dito. Nakakatiyak tayo hindi capable of storing 11,000 doses.
He added they will open 16 rooms in February and an additional 16 new rooms with different temperatures that can store 352,000 doses of Covid-19 in March.
It was learned that Royal Cold Storage can accommodate AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines that require temperature at 2 degrees to 8 degrees Celsius.
Vistan said she is also ready to get vaccinated first in case a vaccine arrived because she is already a senior citizen who is a priority to be injected.
“We are continuously preparing with the Municipal Inter-Agency Task Force of the Plaridel municipal government for our local government's vaccination program,” she added.
As of Saturday, the Municipal Health Office of Plaridel reported a total of 481 confirmed Covid-19 cases in this town with 17 active cases, 443 recoveries, and 21 fatalities. (PNA)