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FORMER Senator Joey Lina bared that the party-list he is representing for the 2022 national and local elections will champion the plight of the impoverished Filipino mothers and their children, as well as the marginalized midwife sector. In their proclamation e-rally via Zoom last February 19, the first nominee of…
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
The new law, also known as “COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021,” included a provision on licensed pharmacists and midwives as “vaccinators.” These health professionals must be trained by the Department of Health (DOH) for the government’s COVID-19 immunization drive.
The government earlier disclosed plan to vaccinate up to 70 million people this year in a bid to reach herd immunity against the new coronavirus disease.
“Notwithstanding the provision of Section 4 (g) of Republic Act No. 10918, otherwise known as the ‘Philippine Pharmacy Act’, and Section 23 of Republic Act No. 7392 otherwise known as the ‘Philippine Midwifery Act of 1992’ and in furtherance of the COVID-19 Vaccination Program, licensed pharmacists and midwives who are duly trained by the DOH may administer COVID-19 vaccines,” the law read.
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