By HANA BORDEY, GMA News
Published May 12, 2021 10:23am
Nayong Pilipino Foundation property in Parañaque, Metro Manila. Screencap from Nayong Pilipino Foundation video Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Wednesday expressed support to the plan to use Nayong Pilipino as a temporary COVID-19 mega vaccination site. “I have already agreed in principle that this facility will be used temporarily as a huge vaccination center to speed up our vaccination coverage,” he said in an ANC interview. The Health chief emphasized the need to ramp up the vaccination program of the government with a target of 500,000 jabs per day nationwide and 120,000 vaccinees per day in the National Capital Region.
May 11, 2021
Senator Panfilo Lacson backs the construction of a COVID-19 mega vaccination site in Nayong Pilipino in Parañaque City.
“Ano bang mas importante ipil-ipil o yung buhay ng Filipino (What is more important the trees or the lives of the Filipinos)?” Lacson asked.
“That’s a no brainer and here’s a private company, a business, na nag-o-offer ng help, kasi, and rightly so, hindi naman ito ginagawa ni Mr. [Enrique Razon Jr.] only for the Filipino people. Remember he’s losing a lot because ang employees niya rin apektado rin,” he added.
(That’s a no brainer and here’s a private company, a business that is offering help and rightly so, this is not being pushed by Mr. Razon only for the Filipino people. Remember he’s losing a lot because his employees are affected too.)
May 10, 2021
The Department of Health (DOH) studies the possible side effects of different vaccines given in the first and second doses.
Health undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said they have already contacted the Department of Science and Technology and the Vaccine Expert Panel to conduct a study on this.
“Nakakita sila ng isang bansa na nag-aaral na nitong mixing and matching of vaccines and that would be in UK,” said Vergeire.
He said the DOH is ready to wait for the results of any study on the combination of vaccines until there is evidence that it is safe.
The VEP has an initial study that finds a ‘theoretical basis.’ But because this is just a theory, more information and evidence are still needed.
Government Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Sunday called on the board of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) to approve the construction of the planned mega vaccination site, which the foundation has been apprehensive about. According to Galvez, the NPF Board of Trustees (NPFBT) has yet to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 for the construction of the mega vaccination site at the Nayong.
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