More than 390,000 bivalent vaccines donated by the Lithuanian government arrived in the country on Saturday and were received by officials from the Department of Health (DOH).

Honorary Consul of Lithuania Julia Netta Vildzius Pe˜a and the Deputy Head of Mission of the European Union to the Philippines, Dr. Ana-Isabel Sanchez-Ruiz were present in receiving the vaccines. DOH Management Services Team (MST) Assistant Secretary Dr. Leonita Gorgolon along with other authorities from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Bureau of Customs (BOC) were also present.

“It is with great pleasure that we have received such generous donations from the Lithuanian Government and our sincerest gratitude to our partner agencies for being one with the DOH in seeing that within our reach is a bountiful future, one that is most achievable starting with ensuring that we have sufficient protection against the COVID-19 virus,” said DOH Officer-in-Charge Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire.

Vergeire encouraged everyone to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus for a ‘longer and stronger’ protection, in order to move to a healthier Philippines.

Previously, the bivalent vaccines were expected to arrive by the end of May 2023.

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