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The Tema West Municipal Health Directorate on Monday said it was ready to vaccinate qualified persons in the first phase of the national vaccination exercise slated for March 2nd to 15th, 2021.
Tema West Municipal Director of Health Services, Dr Mercy Owusu-Obrempong, in an interview at Tema said the Municipality had adequately trained vaccinators and volunteers who would be deployed to undertake the exercise.
She noted that the first group included health workers, frontline security personnel, persons with underlying conditions, persons 60 years and above, and frontline members of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary.
Dr Owusu-Obrempong encouraged people to take the vaccine as it was safe and would protect them against the impact of Covid-19.
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“Puwede naman kung wala kang ID
ng gobyerno, dokumento issued ng gobyerno, puwede naman iyong cedula para sa mga barangay, puwede rin iyon. Birth certificate
puwede rin iyon, barangay certificate
puwede rin iyon (If you don’t have a government ID, documents issued by the government like cedula for barangays will also be accepted. Birth certificates and barangay certificates as well),” he added.
He also noted that under Republic Act 11223 or the Universal Health Care law, all Filipinos are automatically members of PhilHealth.
“Under the Universal Health Care Act,
kahit iyong Pilipino na hindi miyembro, kapag nagkasakit ka ora mismo miyembro ka (even if a Filipino is not a member, the moment you get sick, you’re a member). You are eligible for health care benefits that are granted by law to the Filipinos under the Universal Health Care Act,” he said.
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Palestinian health workers at a hospital in the West Bank town of Nablus, where health workers were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) earlier today, after the delivery of vaccine doses from Israel, February 3, 2021. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
Around 61,440 doses of coronavirus vaccine earmarked for the Palestinian Authority reached Ramallah on Wednesday after arriving in Ben Gurion airport earlier the same day.
“The delivery of the vaccines is now making its way to the Beitunia Crossing, facilitated by the Unit for Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), and will be handed over to representatives of the PA,” an Israeli Defense Ministry official said.