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Published May 14, 2021, 12:12 AM
SURVIVOR’S TALE
(The author is a Filipina married to an American. She worked for a Top 20 Fortune Oil Company as a Corporate Affairs Field Manager before taking an early retirement package in mid-2020. Before she left for the U.S. in 2006, Marian was the corporate communications head of a major oil company operating in the Philippines. The Kings will be shuttling between the US and the Philippines once possible.)
• Marian’s husband Tony felt the symptoms on April 10; the next day, both were feeling ill.
• An RT-PCR test showed that both were positive for COVID-19.
• A teleconsult doctor advised them to go to a hospital because of their age and comorbidities.
Philippines receives additional vaccines through COVAX facility
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Joint press statement of the Department of Health, World Health Organization and UNICEF
The Philippines on Monday received the first 193,050 doses of donated Pfizer vaccines from the WHO-led COVAX facility.
The national government led by the vaccine cluster with representatives from the United Nations, World Health Organization (WHO), the UNICEF, US Embassy, and Pfizer Philippines received the vaccine doses at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City.
“These additional Pfizer vaccines will be used on priority groups A1 to A3, who will be receiving the first dose of these vaccines. We have been working hard to bring these vaccines to the country especially with the scarce global supply of COVID-19 vaccines. We thank the COVAX facility and all of our partners for making this possible. We will continue to boost public confidence in our national vaccination program,” said Health Secretary Franc
At least 193,050 doses of donated Pfizer vaccines from the WHO-led COVAX facility were delivered to the Philippines on Monday, May 10, 2021. (Unicef photo)
QUEZON CITY, May 11 (PIA) The Philippines on Monday evening received the first 193,050 doses of donated Pfizer vaccines from the World Health Organization-led COVAX facility.
The National Government led by the vaccine cluster with representatives from the United Nations, World Health Organization (WHO), the UNICEF, United States Embassy, and Pfizer Philippines received the vaccine doses at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City.
“These additional Pfizer vaccines will be used on priority groups A1 to A3, who will be receiving the first dose of these vaccines. We have been working hard to bring these vaccines to the country especially with the scarce global supply of COVID-19 vaccines. We thank the COVAX facility and all of our partners for making this possible. We will continue to boost public confidence in
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This in view of the arrival in the country on Monday, May 10, of the first 193,050 doses of donated Pfizer vaccines from the World Health Organization-led Covax facility.
The national government led by the vaccine cluster with representatives from the United Nations, World Health Organization (WHO), the UNICEF, US Embassy, and Pfizer Philippines received the vaccine doses at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City.
In a statement, Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III said the additional Pfizer vaccines will be used on priority groups A1 to A3, who will be receiving the first dose of the said vaccines.