MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume IX, No. 393
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SPMC has cold storage facility for Pfizer vaccines By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews
DAVAO CITY -- The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao City has a cold storage facility that can meet the -70 degrees Celsius temperature requirement of the vaccines manufactured by the US-based Pfizer. Mayor Sara Duterte said in her program over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5) on Monday that the SPMC’s cold storage facility can accommodate the Pfizer vaccines that will be delivered by the national government by the end of this month. She said the local government is currently conducting an inventory on available cold storage facilities that can store other COVID-19 vaccines with similar ultracold storage requirements as Pfizer’s. “But for all other vaccines
that don’t need similar storage requirements, we can use our regular freezers or chillers,” the mayor said. She said she has yet to know how many doses of the Pfizer vaccines will be delivered to Davao for this month from the national government. These initial doses will be given to frontline health workers of SPMC, the primary medical institution that caters to COVID-19 patients in the city. The city has procured AZD1222, the vaccine jointly developed by the British firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University, which will be delivered by the third quarter of this year, and has initiated talks with Janssen Pharmaceuticals of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to procure additional vaccines. As of February 8, the Department of Health (DOH)See STORAGE, page 11
Ms. Ivy Guantero (middle), SM City CDO Media Relations Manager, poses with Cagayan de Oro Press Club (COPC) President Manny Jaudian (right) and COPC Director Jao Gumapac. Ms. Guantero is holding a complimentary copy of the COPC magazine. photo by gerry lee gorit
Bangsamoro Task Force designates Lamping as MILF Focal Person
its Provincial Head MP Basit “Jannati Mimbantas” Abbas LANAO DEL SUR – The has announced the designaUnited Bangsamoro Justice tion of Mohammad Jappar B. Party, a Task Force on Or- Lamping as Focal person in ganizing Lanao del Sur, thru the municipality of Lumba By JESSIE P. MONGCAL MDN –BARM Correspondent
Bayabao, this province. Mohammad Jappar B. Lamping, as focal person of Lumba Bayabao, will take the lead in strengthening the Political Party and organizing the barangay set-up. Lamping is tasked to coordinate closely with other agencies of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) within the area of responsibility (AOR) of the said barangay. He is also tasked to coordinate with BLGU/LGU in the conduct of the barangay assembly. “Specifically, the Focal
person has to mobilize the Barangay Organizing Team (BOT) from different agencies of the MILF and from other sectors of the barangay who are interested to join the Party and partake the organizing provided that they follow the process and guidelines,” according to MP Abbas. Abbas added that the Focal Person should also work with the Municipal Monitoring Team (MMT) which will be assigned by the Provincial Management, Mohammad Jappar B. Lamping (right) was designated as Support and Working Team Focal person in the municipality of Lumba Bayabao, this (PMSWT) province for the MILF.