Published March 3, 2021, 2:59 PM
As the government rolls out its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program, the Department of Education (DepEd) will intensify its efforts to ensure that its stakeholders are accurately informed on the COVID-19 vaccine. DepEd Task Force COVID-19 (DTFC) Chairperson Undersecretary Alain Del Pascua, through Bureau of Learner Support Services Officer-In-Charge (OIC) Director Lope Santos III, said that the agency will do this by issuing guidelines for its personnel.
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The said guidelines that will soon be issued by the DepEd, Pascua said, will “address the questions that the field personnel may have about their role in the vaccination program.”
PASIG CITY, Mar. 2 To keep its stakeholders accurately informed on the COVID-19 vaccine, the Department of Education (DepEd) has participated in the launch of the vaccine education campaign dubbed “Ugnayang Pang-paaralan tungkol sa Pagbabakuna para sa Kalusugan ng Bayan.”
In partnership with UNILAB’s AKAP Guro CONNECTed program, the campaign is organized by the government’s Vaccine Cluster - Task Group on Demand Generation and Communications to inform the general public about the national vaccine deployment plan.
During the campaign s launch, Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones encouraged everyone to keep themselves informed on the COVID-19 vaccine and the government’s vaccination program.
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OZAMIZ CITY, Feb. 17 – Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar assured that the government maintains its policy of being brand-neutral and there will be no room for corruption in it’s step to purchase COVID-19 vaccines, during a pocket engagement leading to the Pagdu-aw sa Ozamiz: Explain, Explain, Explain on Tuesday, February 16, 2021.
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Tuesday joined the Pagdu-aw sa Ozamiz: Explain, Explain, Explain where he clarified that the government policy on the purchase of COVID-19 vaccine is to have a portfolio of it instead of leaning to just one brand.
In an interview on Asenso Ozamiz News Channel, he said that the government will only distribute safe and effective vaccines which underwent rigorous processes by the vaccine panel of experts and were granted emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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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.