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March 16, 2021 | 7:29 pm
MORE than 216,000 medical frontliners have been vaccinated against the coronavirus as of Tuesday, according to the Presidential Palace.
The inoculation of health workers had been a bit slow because vaccines could only be given to batches of 50 to 100 people, vaccine czar Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. told a televised news briefing on Tuesday.
He said health workers could not be vaccinated all at the same time to ensure the smooth operation of hospitals. âIt should be by batches, especially in case of an adverse effect,â he said.
The Philippines started vaccinating health workers on Mar. 1 using Chinaâs donation of 600,000 vials of CoronaVac made by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. It is also giving 525,600 doses of the vaccine made by British drug maker AstraZeneca Plc under a global initiative for equal access.
Daily COVID-19 infections highest since August
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The mayors of Manila, the capital and nearby cities on Thursday night approved a two-week curfew that will start on March 15 to curb a fresh surge in coronavirus infections.
The curfew will run for seven hours starting at 10 p.m., Benjamin de Castro Abalos, Jr., who heads the Metro Manila Development Authority, said by telephone.
“It will be very intensive in the sense that we will implement massive testing, more contact-tracing, quarantine and coordinated granular lockdowns,” he added.
The Department of Health (DoH) reported 3,749 coronavirus infections on Thursday the highest daily tally since September bringing the total to 607,048.
The number was the highest since Sept. 19, when the agency reported 3,962 cases, according to past health bulletins.