SunStar 768 of 3,000 VSMMC frontliners to try China s Sinovac vaccine
VACCINE ARRIVAL. Government and health officials (fourth from left, facing camera, partly hidden) Department of Health 7 spokesperson Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, (from sixth from left) Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases Visayas chief implementer ret. Gen. Melquiades Feliciano and wife Mia, Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama and Cebu Medical Society vice president Dr. Peter Mancao witness the arrival of the CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine of Chinese firm Sinovac at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Upon being unloaded from the plane, the vaccine cargo is heavily guarded (inset). (ALAN TANGCAWAN)
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File photo January 27, 2021 THE Cebu City Government is negotiating with AstraZeneca and Moderna for the procurement of vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
At the same time, Mayor Edgardo Labella said the Cebu City Vaccine Advisory Board is finalizing its vaccination plan, which will identify the cold chain facilities and the vaccination centers. It will also contain a priority list of recipients.
In a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, Labella said the vaccines that the City Government will purchase will be on top of the vaccines allocated by the national government for Cebu City.
“Cebu City is ready (for the vaccination program),” Labella said.
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