Published March 6, 2021, 4:46 PM
DAVAO CITY – Three hundred health workers from the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) in Maguindanao received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac of China last Friday.
Health Minister Dr. Amirel Usman is the first medical frontliner in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to get a dose of the Sinovac vaccine at the Integrated Provincial Hospital Office (IPHO) in Maguindanao. (Photo courtesy of the Bangsamoro Information Office / MANILA BULLETIN)
“Today marks the beginning of that long been wished for event that a vaccine against coronavirus disease gets into our arms,” IPHO Maguindanao Provincial Health Officer Dr. Elizabeth Samama said in a statement released by the Bangsamoro government.