ILOILO CITY, April 16 -- The Department of Health (DOH) provided an initial 6,000 vials of the pentavalent vaccines to augment the ongoing pertussis outbreak response immunization of the city government here.

"The vaccines we received came from Region 12, and they (DOH) are still looking for more," said Iloilo City health officer Annabelle Tang in a media conference on Tuesday.

Tang said they intend to administer the 6,000 doses, which arrived on Monday, in two-and-a-half days, with their staff working even on weekends to reach the target age group.

As of Tuesday, the city has 11 laboratory-confirmed cases, including one death and 23 probable cases.

In addition to DOH-provided pentavalent, the city government also procured PHP13 milli...