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PGH DIRECTOR Gerardo D. Legaspi gets a CoronaVac shot as the government starts its vaccination program against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus.
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THE PHILIPPINES started immunizing its most vulnerable people against the coronavirus on Monday after receiving 600,000 doses of CoronaVac donated by China.
The head of the state-owned Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in Manila was the first to get the shot made by Chinese drug maker Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
Aside from PGH Director Gerardo D. Legaspi, also vaccinated at the hospital were Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Rolando Enrique Domingo and infectious disease expert Edsel T. Salvana.
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