650 vials of Sinovac vaccines delivered to Capiz 

Capiz Governor Esteban Evan Nonoy Contreras (3rd from left) and officials from the Department of Health in Region 6 and Capiz Provincial Health Office receive the 650 vials of Sinovac vaccines. (Contributed photo).

By Felipe V. Celino 

 

ROXAS CITY, Capiz – Medical frontliners and workers of the Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital (RMPH) are first to receive the 650 vials of Sinovac vaccine that were delivered to the province of Capiz on Monday.

Governor Esteban Evan Contreras formally received the vaccines delivered by the Department of Health (DOH) regional office.

Contreras said RMPH is the COVID-19 dedicated hospital in the province of Capiz.

He added that he will ask for more vaccines for the workers of district hospitals and private hospitals here.

The screening will be done immediately to ensure that the medical frontliners of RMPH are ready for the vaccination.

Contreras is hoping that the vaccination of medical frontliners will start Wednesday.