2021-05-03 14:36:25 GMT2021-05-03 22:36:25(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
MANILA, May 3 (Xinhua) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte received his first dose of China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Monday night, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said. His first dose was covered by the compassionate use permit issued to the Presidential Security Group (PSG) hospital by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (of the Philippines), Roque said in a brief statement.
Duterte s longtime aide and senator Christopher Bong Go posted on social media a video showing Health Secretary Francisco Duque administering the vaccine in Duterte s left arm. In the video, Duterte, 76, said he was feeling good.
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+ May 03, 2021 CEBU Province will continue testing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) upon arrival at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) and not on the sixth day upon arrival as insisted by health advisers of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said the “repressive” quarantine policies under the IATF’s whole-of-nation protocol will not work in Cebu.
Garcia invoked Section 105 of the Local Government Code (LGC) to support her Executive Order (EO) 17, which she signed on March 30, 2021.
Lawmakers to push through with ivermectin distribution
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 2) – Two lawmakers are pushing through with their group s distribution of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, despite criticisms and a looming investigation.
In an online forum on Sunday, Sagip Party-list Rep. Dante Marcoleta said aside from Barangay Balara in Quezon City, they would also be giving out ivermectin to residents in Barangays Commonwealth and Holy Spirit. Hinihingan namin ng sulat at petisyon yung mga kalapit na barangay tulad ng Commonwealth at Barangay Holy Spirit para sa ganon pormal yung paghingi nila ng ivermectin sa amin, says Marcoleta.