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Cities of Cebu, Mandaue continue to inoculate medical frontliners. (File photo)
+ March 14, 2021 A TOTAL of 264 personnel of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) have been inoculated with the CoronaVac vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) since the hospital began its vaccination program on March 10, 2021.
CCMC Administrator Yvonne Cania said 529 doses of the vaccine manufactured by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd. were allocated for CCMC personnel.
Cania said five personnel experienced slight rashes and slight itchiness, while those with asthma experienced difficulty in breathing. But they quickly recovered, she said.
“Na-resolve ra (The matter was resolved) even without oxygen. Puro ra mga (They were all) mild (reactions),” she said.
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Photo by Amper Campaña March 11, 2021 THE Cebu City Government is looking at vaccinating 400 individuals per site per day when it will roll out its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination program for the public.
Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said that priority sectors in the city’s public vaccination program include barangay health workers, private doctors, and medical workers from laboratories outside hospitals and birthing centers.
The Cebu City Government continues to search for and prepare areas with wide spaces to follow the health protocol on social distancing.
“The Vaccine Board has already inspected areas to be used as public vaccination sites. We are also in talks with malls that have offered to provide additional sites for the Covid-19 vaccination rollout,” said Labella.
SunStar 768 of 3,000 VSMMC frontliners to try China s Sinovac vaccine
VACCINE ARRIVAL. Government and health officials (fourth from left, facing camera, partly hidden) Department of Health 7 spokesperson Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, (from sixth from left) Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases Visayas chief implementer ret. Gen. Melquiades Feliciano and wife Mia, Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama and Cebu Medical Society vice president Dr. Peter Mancao witness the arrival of the CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine of Chinese firm Sinovac at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Upon being unloaded from the plane, the vaccine cargo is heavily guarded (inset). (ALAN TANGCAWAN)
SunStar 768 of 3,000 VSMMC frontliners to try China s Sinovac vaccine
VACCINE ARRIVAL. Government and health officials (fourth from left, facing camera, partly hidden) Department of Health 7 spokesperson Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, (from sixth from left) Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases Visayas chief implementer ret. Gen. Melquiades Feliciano and wife Mia, Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama and Cebu Medical Society vice president Dr. Peter Mancao witness the arrival of the CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine of Chinese firm Sinovac at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Upon being unloaded from the plane, the vaccine cargo is heavily guarded (inset). (ALAN TANGCAWAN)