Published June 9, 2021, 1:17 PM
DAVAO CITY – Davao region received 44,800 additional doses of Sinovac CoronaVac vaccines on Tuesday, June 8.
The vaccines arrived at the Davao International Airport via a Philippine Airlines commercial flight and were transported to the cold storage facility of the Department of Health XI (DOH XI).
DOH-XI Regional Director Annabelle P. Yumang said that the vaccines will be distributed to Davao City and Davao Oriental.
“Kani siyang 44,800 na bakuna karon, first dose and second dose na ni siya para sa atong mga A1, A2, ug A3 nga group (These 44,800 already covers the first dose and second dose of those included in the A1, A2, and A3 groups),” Yumang added.
Published March 5, 2021, 1:51 PM
DAVAO CITY – Frontline health workers at the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) were immunized against COVID-19 at the start of the vaccination campaign here Friday.
A DOCTOR of the Southern Philippines Medical Center receives a Sinovac vaccine as the COVID-19 vaccinaton program kicks off in Davao City Friday. (Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN)
SPMC officer-in-charge medical chief Dr. Ricardo Audan was the first to be immunized among SPMC healthcare workers.
He said 70 percent of SPMC employees are willing to get vaccinated.
“’Yung total ng empleyado na gustong magpa-vaccine, we are 70 percent that is almost 4,000. Kasi 5,900 kami dito (The total number of employees who are willing to get vaccinated is at 70 percent that is almost 4,000. We have a total of 5,900 employees),” Audan said during a press conference at the launching of the vaccination campaign at the SPMC dubbed “Resbakuna Kasangga ng Bida.” The Department of Health
March 05, 2021 WHEN a barangay health worker went house-to-house to ask residents in Bangkal, Davao City about their willingness to accept Covid-19 vaccine, 55-year-old online worker Tejhay (not his real name) declined due to fears of possible complications.
For Alek, a tricycle driver in Jacinto St., Davao City, he wants to wait and observe first the results of the first few batches of individuals who received their vaccine jabs. Maayo ng makasiguro usa ta, kanang makita na gyud nato kung okay ba gyud na nga vaccine. Hulat-hulat sa ko (It is better to be sure and see the results first of how the first few individuals responded to the vaccine. I ll wait and see), he said.