CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The City Health Office (CHO) announced that the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) has lauded the city for its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination output. In an online briefer Thursday, CHO medical officer Dr. Ted Yu Jr. said the NVOC, through Secretary Vivencio Dizon congratulated the city for being the only local government unit (LGU) in Northern Mindanao (Region 10) that achieved over 80 percent of its vaccination rate. "Earlier, the National Vaccination Operations Center in Manila, through Sec. Dizon congratulated us as we are the only one (LGU) in Region 10 that achieves over 80 percent (vaccination rate). Again, we would like to thank our vaccination team for that," Yu said. As of February 23, the CHO data showed the city tallied 531,789 fully vaccinated individuals, or 88.64 percent of the total target population of 599,929. Of the fully vaccinated, 97,696 individuals have received their booster shots and 24,567 individuals
RESBAKUNA SA BOTIKA. The National Task Force Against Covid-19 on Wednesday (Jan. 26, 2022) leads the rollout of the pharmacy and drive-thru vaccination service of the Baguio City government that will make the jabs more accessible to the public. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III led the ceremonial administration of a booster shot at the Watsons branch inside SM City-Baguio. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - The National Task Force Against Covid-19 on Wednesday led the rollout of the pharmacy and drive-thru vaccination service of the city government here to make the jabs more accessible to the public. In his message during the ceremonial administration of a booster dose at the Watsons branch inside SM City-Baguio, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said: "Ang laban sa Covid (coronavirus disease 2019) ay hindi ito kakayanin ng pamahalaan lang, ng pribadong sektor lamang (the government nor the private sector can't fight Covid-19 on its own)." "We are appre
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the Philippine government “dropped the ball again” on procuring Covid-19 supplies as it missed an opportunity to procure syringes for mRNA vaccines from a United States-based pharmaceutical giant. “We dropped the ball again; this time offer of 50 million syringes,” Locsin said in…