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Government accelerating vaccine rollout, says Bong Go as he assures equitable distribution across the country
As the country prepares for the anticipated arrival of several batches of vaccines in the coming days, Senator Christopher Bong Go said the government is exerting all efforts to ramp up and accelerate the national vaccination program while simultaneously ensuring the safety and efficacy of the procured vaccines. This is just the start. We need to do more. We need to accelerate the vaccination program in a safe, sure and secure manner, Go began in an interview on Saturday, February 27. Ang gusto ng mahal na Pangulo ay ilalagay [ang mga bakuna] sa strategic places. Of course, sa Visayas, sa mga naka-ready na pasilidad doon sa hospital sa Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (sa Cebu City). Sa Davao City, sa Southern Philippines Medical Center dahil nakapaghanda na rin sila doon. Ang gusto ni Pangulo distributed [ang mga bakuna] all over the country, he
Published March 1, 2021, 1:30 PM
Some healthcare workers and several top-ranking government officials were among the first recipients of the authorized vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country.
A health worker receives the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during the first phase of vaccinations for health workers at Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital, formerly Tala Sanitarium, in Caloocan City Monday (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN)
Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Director Dr. Gerardo Legaspi became the first official recipient of the Chinese-made vaccine, CoronaVac, during the ceremonial vaccination at PGH in Manila on Monday, March 1.
The Department Health (DOH) said that Legaspi became the first healthcare worker in the country to be inoculated against COVID-19 using the vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech.
BACOLOD CITY, Feb. 19 (PIA) The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) thanked President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for the authority for the local government units (LGUs) to make advance payments for the procurement of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines.
Bacolod City mayor and LCP national president Evelio Leonardia expressed elation over the timely signing of President Duterte of Memorandum Order 51 series of 2021 where LGUs that are allowed to procure COVID-19 vaccines under existing laws and issuances, including those relevant to Emergency Use Authorizations, may make authorized payments exceeding the 15 percent limit, provided they are authorized to do so by the Chief Implementer, subject to the criteria and limits to be established by the National Task Force and the Department of Health, consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
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QUEZON CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA) - The Philippine national team of athletes and coaches are requesting to be included in the vaccination priority list for them to start training soonest in preparation for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The SEA Games is set for November 21-December 2 of this year and preparation for bubble training has to start at once thus, the request of athletes and coaches to be vaccinated as well.
There are 996 athletes, 262 coaches, 280 para-athletes, 82 para coaches; making a total of 1,620 athletes and coaches in the national team, the overall champions in the last SEA Games.