Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario S. Vergeire
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“As of yesterday, while they are still collating the reports, we got information that we are now at 2,428 vaccinees,” said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a television interview on Wednesday, March 3.
“For March 1 and March 2, these two days of vaccination we were able to provide already 2,000 plus doses of Sinovac vaccines,” she added.
The Philippines received its first batch of coronavirus vaccines donated by the Chinese government last Sunday, Feb. 28.
Vergeire in a press briefing on Tuesday, March 2, said that they were “content and happy” during the first day of the country’s vaccination program.
Published March 2, 2021, 3:07 PM
DOH ‘content and happy’ with 1st day of PH vaccination rollout
The Department of Health (DOH) said it is “content and happy” that the country has already started its vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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 on Monday, March 1.
(Photo by Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN)
“Ang tagal-tagal po natin hinintay and we are now vaccinating our healthcare workers na talagang sila naman po ang pinakaimportanteng mabakunahan (We have waited a long time but we are now vaccinating our healthcare workers who are really the most important to be vaccinated),” said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press briefing on Tuesday, March 2.
DAVAO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Davao City, Mar. 3 A small crowd gathered at this airport s terminal building, as a chartered Philippines Airlines 737 jet landed and taxied along the runway.
As the plane’s cargo hold opened, the crowd burst into cheers, as large metal containers were offloaded from the aircraft.
Inside the containers were 12,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines, part of the shipment of 600,000 anti-COVID shots donated by the Chinese government to the Philippines.
Dr. Ricardo Audan, chief of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC), broke into a smile, as he looked on while the vaccines were swiftly transferred to refrigerated vans.
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Published March 1, 2021, 8:19 PM
A supply of COVID-19 vaccines from Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac arrived at the Sta. Ana Hospital in Manila on Monday, March 1.
CORONAVAC VACCINES Vials of CoronaVac, the COVID-19 vaccine from Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac, enough for 1,500 people, arrive at the Sta. Ana Hospital in Manila on Monday, March 1. (Manila Public Information Office photo)
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said the vaccine supply is enough for 1,500 people. Frontline health workers of the Manila city government are on top of the priority list.
The city government is targeting to vaccinate 200 people when it rolls out its own vaccination program using the CoronaVac vaccines on Tuesday, March 2.