LAUNCH. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III administers the Covid-19 vaccine on Ma. Agnes Navarro, district manager of Mercury Drug West Negros-Visayas, during the launch of "Resbakuna sa Botika" at the Mercury Drug Ayala Malls Capitol Central branch in Bacolod City on Thursday (Feb. 3, 2022). The event was witnessed by National Task Force against Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez, Presidential Adviser for Covid-19 Response Vivencio Dizon Vivencio "Vince" Dizon, OPAV Undersecretary Anthony Gerard "Jonji" Gonzales, Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia.(PNA photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver) BACOLOD CITY - The city government here got a boost in its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination campaign with the launch of the "Resbakuna sa Botika" at the Mercury Drug Ayala Malls Capitol Central on Thursday. The initiative mainly aims to deliver booster shots to more residents of
PATIENT CARE CENTER. Cebu Auxillary Bishop Midyphil Billones (seated second from right) signs an agreement with Dr. Van Phillip Baton (seated, second from left) and Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama for the reopening of the International Eucharistic Congress Convention Center as a patient care center for mild and moderate Covid-19 cases. Also in photo are other health and government officials. (Photo courtesy of OPAV) CEBU CITY - Amid a surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases here and in neighboring localities in Cebu province, the Catholic Church has allowed the reopening of its facility as a patient care center for those with mild and moderate symptoms. In a statement on Wednesday, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino said Archbishop Jose Palma agreed to the use of the International Eucharistic Congress Convention Center (IC3) for the isolation and treatment of individuals tested positive for Covid-19. "In response to the ongoing Covid-19 sur
VAX IN TERMINALS. This undated photo shows the loading and unloading area of the Cebu South Bus Terminal. The Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas and the Department of Transportation are looking at terminals as vaccination sites. (Photo courtesy of Cebu South Bus Terminal) CEBU CITY - To protect the public transport sector against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) are eyeing the opening of vaccination sites in public terminals and pharmacies here. Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino on Thursday said his office has formed a team comprising the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF)-Visayas, Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) and DOTr to ramp up the inoculation of drivers, passengers, and their dependents. "The Project Balik Buhay, the private sector group helping us in the pandemic responses, is also helping us