Published April 10, 2021, 4:57 PM
The Quezon City Health Department (QCHD) on Saturday advised the public to follow the policy of the Department of Health (DOH), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the use of antiparasitic drug, Ivermectin, as a preventive cure for coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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Citing the joint statement released by the DOH and FDA, QCHD chief Dra. Esperanza Arias stressed that the city does not distribute nor endorse, and support the use of Ivermectin.
“We will follow whatever is the stand of the DOH-FDA on the issue since this is very well under their jurisdiction, given their mandate to review consumer products. And if they don’t authorize the use of this drug for Covid-19, we will rely on their expertise. We are issuing this statement because it is a public health issue and our QCitizens’ well-being is our mandate,” Airas said.
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Published March 11, 2021, 5:07 PM
A total of 221,490 children in Quezon City were vaccinated by the local government against Measles and Rubella in February.
Children aged nine months to five years old were vaccinated by the Quezon City Health Department (CHD) through the city’s simultaneous immunization drive.
The local government said that the number of vaccinated children already reached 95.35 percent of its total target, which is under the Department of Health’s (DOH) #ChiktingLigtas vaccination activity.
The local government on Thursday said its vaccination drive will continue even the month-long campaign of DOH already ended.
“Kahit natapos na po ‘yung month-long campaign ng DOH for measles and rubella vaccination (Even the DOH’s month-long campaign against measles and rubella vaccination has already ended), the city will continue to give it to our kids for free,” City Health Department head, Dr. Esperanza Anita Escaño-Aria said.
CALOOCAN CITY, Feb. 7 (PIA) The Quezon City government is preparing an initial of 24 sites COVID-19 vaccination rollout.
Officials from the Quezon City Health Department and Zuellig Pharmaceutical Company, together with the City Engineering Department, General Services Department, and Information Technology Development Department led the inspection of triage areas.
According to the QC government, the chosen vaccination sites are all public schools, because these are the most strategic and efficient venues for the vaccination. Schools have ample space to ensure the free movement of personnel and to implement social distancing. They are also the nearest venues from our health centers, where the vaccines coming from Zuellig to our cold storage facility will be stored, Mayor Joy Belmonte explained.
Below is the list of initial inoculation sites:
●Project 6 Tennis Court in District 1
●Batasan Hills National High School in District 2
●NGC Covered Court in District 2
●Aguinaldo Elementary School in District 3
●Dona Josefa Jara Martinez High School in District 4
●Diosdado Macapagal Elementary School in District 4
●Kaligayahan Activity Center in District 5
●Fairview Covered Court in District 5
●Emilio Jacinto Elementary School in District 6
●Culiat High School in District 6
“Pinili natin ang mga lugar na ito para madaling puntahan ng mga residente ng anim na distrito ng ating siyudad (We selected these places that are accessible to residents of the city’s six districts),” Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a statement released Sunday.