DAVAO CITY – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, who earlier refused to get vaccinated with China’s COVID-19 Sinovac vaccine, said Friday that he will receive the vaccines developed by the British drugmaker AstraZeneca.
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Published March 5, 2021, 2:10 PM
House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Friday appealed to vaccination czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque lll to send AstraZeneca vaccines to other regional and LGU hospitals and private referral hospitals for their health workers.
“We thank Secretaries Galvez and Duque for sending vaccines to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro City. However other regional hospitals, LGU hospitals like the J.R. Borja Memorial Hospital in Cagayan de Oro, and private referral hospitals in the country also need the vaccines for their doctors, nurses and other personnel,” Rodriguez said.
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