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Covid-19 vaccines arrive in CEB

Posted 12 March 2021 09:00 On March 2, 2021, the first 7,200 doses of Sinovac vaccines for Cebu arrives at Mactan-Cebu International Airport. The first batch is part of the 600,000 doses donated by China, which arrived in the Philippines on February 28. The shipment was welcomed by the representatives of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases, key officials of the local government of Cebu City and Lapu-lapu City and Department of Health Central Visayas. The immunization campaign was rolled out, with health care workers among the first group to be vaccinated within the region. This kicked off on March 4 at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, Cebu City.

DOH: More than 100,000 vaccinated in 10 days

SunStar DOH: More than 100,000 vaccinated in 10 days EOC VACCINATIONS. Cebu City Councilor and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) deputy implementer Joel Garganera receives a shot of the Sinovac vaccine at the TB Pavilion in Cebu City on Friday, March 12, 2021. / Joel Garganera + March 13, 2021 A TOTAL of 114,615 Filipinos have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) from March 1 to 10, 2021. The Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, March 12, the number constitutes around 6.5 percent of the targeted 1.76 million healthcare workers nationwide. It also represents around 11 percent of the over one million healthcare workers who are on the masterlist of vaccine recipients. Nearly nine out of 10, or 101,827, were inoculated with the CoronaVac (Sinovac Biotech vaccine) while 11 percent, or 12,788, received the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine.

Editorial: Not the time to be picky

SunStar Editorial Cartoon by Gilbert Manantan + March 12, 2021 The arrival of the 600,000 doses of CoronaVac, the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) that was donated by the Chinese government and manufactured by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd., at the beginning of the month signaled a turnaround in the country’s fight against the pandemic that has ravaged the country for almost a year. But despite national and local government officials referring to them as “doses of hope,” their arrival was met with muted enthusiasm and plenty of skepticism as the public questioned its efficacy rate of just over 50 percent. The CoronaVac vaccines, though, are not intended for everybody. They are reserved for public and private medical workers who are exposed to Covid-19 patients.

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