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SunStar Editorial: Countering vaccine fear
Is it safe? Citizens express deeply held anxieties and fears about vaccination against Covid-19, needs that must be addressed by the authorities and other stakeholders through community-based information, education and communication. (SunStar file)
+ December 20, 2020 THE focus for public health should be two-pronged: reinforcing the public’s observance of safety protocols to prevent a surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) during the holidays and conducting a vaccination program to inform, educate and involve citizens in what may be the most crucial health advocacy of our time.
An information, education and communication (IEC) link underlies the successes and failures encountered by communities and governments in containing and even eliminating the pandemic. Topping the Covid Resilience Ranking of Bloomberg as of Nov. 23, New Zealand relied on border control, testing, contact tracing a
December 17, 2020 CEBU City Councilor Alvin Dizon has proposed a measure providing for the establishment of the Covid-19 vaccination program (CVP) in Cebu City.
Titled “Covid-19 Vaccination Program (CVP) Ordinance of Cebu City,” the draft ordinance was filed before the Cebu City Council on Dec. 16, 2020.
The Council will tackle the draft ordinance on Dec. 18.
The draft ordinance provides that all residents in Cebu City be covered by the vaccination program.
Under Section 5 of the draft ordinance, the City shall be guided by a community-based framework in the formulation of the CVP which includes treating the community as active partners in the program and not as passive end-users; employing community-based research; promoting collaboration with external entities and community partners to ensure equitable access to the CVP; enlisting the guidance of public health experts; and providing venues for dialogue with medical personnel and other frontline workers where
December 17, 2020 DROPPING THE BALL, MISSING THE BUS. A figure of speech, metaphor or simile often conveys better what one did than actually describing it.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III failed to submit required information for the purchase of Pfizer anti-Covid vaccines. Foreign Affairs chief Ted Locsin Jr. said Duque, without naming the health official, dropped the ball. The deal would ve have given us 10 million doses by January next year.
Duque said he didn t drop the ball as he is still negotiating with Pfizer. The first one was lost; this is a new deal he is seeking.
Duque missed the bus, said Senator Ping Lacson. The new negotiation is for outright purchase, no longer a grant or a loan, which the first one was. And the vaccines would no longer reach Filipinos first month of 2021, but in the next quarter or second half of the year. In effect, Duque is now trying to catch the next bus.
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CEBU EXPLAINER: Cebu City to buy P500M Covid vaccines; no specifics yet on purchase, priorities. 2021 budget may pass with some cuts.
CEBU. National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. (center) and Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella with a vial of Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University (left). (AP/SunStar)
+ December 16, 2020
THE COVID VACCINES. The Cebu City Government will buy anti-Covid-19 vaccines, allotting P500 million for the initial purchase.
Mayor Edgardo Labella promised last August 5 to buy the vaccines once they are available. Last Tuesday, December 15, he said the money is authorized under the city s investment plan and will be covered by a supplemental budget in January.