March 03, 2021 VACCINE czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said a total of 2,793 people have been inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as of Tuesday evening, March 2, 2021.
On Monday, March 1, the vaccination campaign was launched at the UP-Philippine General Hospital (PGH), Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Center and Sanitarium, Veterans Memorial Medical Center, Philippine National Police General Hospital and Victoriano Luna Medical Center, all in Metro Manila.
The Department of Health (DOH) earlier said 756 people, mostly medical frontliners and uniformed personnel, were vaccinated.
Leading the list of vaccinees were PGH Director Gerardo Legaspi, testing czar Vince Dizon, Food and Drug Administration Director General Eric Domingo and Galvez.
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File photo March 04, 2021 NO LOCAL government officials will be inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine yet as all 7,200 doses in the first batch that arrived on March 2, 2021 are intended for healthcare workers, the Department of Health Central Visayas (DOH 7) clarified.
Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, DOH 7 spokesperson, issued the clarification Wednesday, March 3, after two Cebu City councilors said they were willing to be vaccinated to build trust in the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Except for Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) deputy chief implementer for the Visayas Melquiades Feliciano, Loreche said all vaccinees at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) on Thursday, March 4, will be medical frontliners.
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A day after the arrival and official turnover of 600,000 vaccines for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Sinovac Biotech Ltd. which was a donation from China, the government immediately began inoculating pre-identified personnel in six government facilities in Metro Manila, namely Philippine General Hospital (PGH), Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP), Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Center and Sanitarium, Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC), Philippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital, and Victoriano Luna Medical Center (VLMC), and kicked off the much-awaited vaccination drive.
The vaccination drive will continue in the coming days in various hospitals around the country.
Individuals who will develop an "adverse effect" after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from Sinovac will have to be treated first before getting another dose, the chief of Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Center (DJNRMC) said Monday.
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