na talaga namang tatanggapin ng ating mga healthcare workers
ito dahil kailangan bigyan ng kumpiyansa itong bakuna, she said.
[Translation: We believe when the top physicians of hospitals were vaccinated like Dr. Gap Legaspi, our expert Dr. Edsel Salvaña, Dr. (Fritz) Famaran of Tala Hospital, we think this gave confidence to healthcare workers to accept it because it boosted confidence in the vaccines.]
On Monday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III administered the vaccine himself to Dr. Eileen Aniceto, Lung Center s Emergency Medicine Department head, and V. Luna Medical Center chief Col. Fatima Navarro.
The DOH reported that on day one ot the government s vaccination program, 756 people received the Sinovac vaccine. Thirteen of those inoculated experienced common, minor side effects, Vergeire said.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 1) Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III also made his own history on Monday as he administered the first anti-coronavirus shots made by Chinese firm Sinovac to the healthcare workers at the Lung Center of the Philippines and V. Luna Medical Center - a military hospital in Quezon City.
Duque vaccinated Dr. Eileen Aniceto, Lung Center s Emergency Medicine Department head, the first medical worker at the hospital to have received the COVID-19 vaccine.
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