President Duterte has been finally vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine.
President Duterte receives the coronavirus vaccine from Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on May 3, 2021 (Photo: Sen. Go/Facebook)
Duterte received his first shot of the coronavirus vaccine in Malacañang on Monday evening, May3. The vaccine was administered by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.
The process was broadcast via Facebook Live by his long-time aide Senator Bong Go. The video lasted for 1 minute and 39 seconds. The video, however, was cut before the public could see the needle of the syringe actually go through the President’s arm.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 3) President Rodrigo Duterte received on Monday his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. I have been expecting this shot, vaccination a long time ago, Duterte said in a video shared by Senator Bong Go on Facebook.
The vaccine was administered by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. When asked how he felt before receiving the shot, Duterte said he felt good.
Duterte had previously confirmed that he would receive the vaccine made by Chinese vaccine manufacturer Sinopharm, which Malacañang has previously said he preferred.
He added it took his doctor a long time to assess what vaccine he could take and recommended the Sinopharm vaccine.
By CONSUELO MARQUEZ, GMA News
Published May 3, 2021 11:08pm President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the government s COVID-19 pandemic response was doing well compared to that of other countries. In his Talk to the Nation briefing, Duterte also called Health Secretary Francisco Duque III a hero. Compared with other countries, which is not really the time to do comparisons, but we are doing good in the fight against COVID and Secretary Duque is the hero here, Duterte said. Duterte made the remark as Duque presented the current situation of COVID-19 infections in the Philippines. He asked that the thousands of new cases recorded in the country be viewed against the higher number of recoveries.
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“We can see that the cases are decreasing,” he said in a meeting with President Duterte Monday, May 3.
Duque said after recording the highest number of cases the first week of April, cases slowly decreased.
“In the past week, an average of 8,227 cases were recorded daily. This was lower than the 8,782 average daily cases from April 19 to 25,” he said.
“We are targetting to lower it to the January, February level of 1,700 average daily cases,” added Duque.
The Health chief said most of the cases came from the National Capital Region (NCR), Calabarzon, and Central Luzon.
Duque said of the 7,255 new COVID-19 cases reported on the said day, 2,402 were from NCR, 1,419 from Calabarzon, 839 from Central Luzon, and 2,595 from the rest of the regions.
Published May 4, 2021, 12:15 AM
The country is faring well in combating the coronavirus pandemic compared to other nations, President Duterte declared Monday even though cases of infections have exceeded one million.
President Duterte meets with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and other officials on pandemic response at the Malago Clubhouse on May 3, 2021 (Malacañang)
The President made the observation after citing the high number of people recovering from the coronavirus illness based on the report of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.
Duque was giving a report on the country’s cases of COVID-19 infections, recoveries, and deaths during a meeting with the President and other officials when Duterte remarked the health chief was the nation’s “hero” in the battle against coronavirus.