March 10, 2021 A TOTAL of 32,540 Covid-19 vaccine doses have arrived and allocated for health care workers in Central Visayas.
Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas spokesperson, in her presentation in a vaccination drive in Tanjay, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, said these include:
• 7,200 doses of Sinovac vaccines allocated in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center on March 2
• 17,480 doses of Sinovac vaccines for private and other government-owned hospitals in Cebu that were delivered on March 4
• 2,680 Sinovac vaccine doses for the Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center in Bohol allocated on March 5
• 5,000 doses of the same brand of vaccines for Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital delivered on March 8
Cargo personnel place the boxes which contain Sinovac Biotech s CoronaVac vaccines inside the cargo van at the Mactan Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu to be transported to the cold storage facility of the Department of Health (DOH-7) in Cebu City on March 5. (idc/PIA7)
CEBU CITY, March 6 (PIA) At least 24,680 doses of Sinovac Biotech s CoronaVac vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have arrived in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.
The first batch of vaccines to reach the Visayas - 7,200 CoronaVac vaccine doses - which arrived on March 2, was transported to the cold storage facility of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City.
SunStar AstraZeneca vaccine set to arrive in Central Visayas
WE GOT VACCINATED! Health workers at the Perpetual Succour Hospital in Cebu City show that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, the fi rst day of the vaccination campaign at the private hospital. Some private hospitals in Cebu started inoculations this week with Sinovac Biotech’s CoronaVac after their counterparts in public health were vaccinated last week. The vaccines were donated by China. (Amper Campaña)
+ March 09, 2021 AROUND 20,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 are set to arrive in Central Visayas on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.
This was confirmed by Department of Health 7 spokesperson Dr. Mary Jean Loreche during a Project Balik Buhay (PBB) briefing on Tuesday, March 9, the sixth day of the vaccination rollout in the region.
CEBU CITY, March 6 (PIA) To prevent the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic from continuing, more healthcare workers have stepped forward to be vaccinated and enjoined others to do the same.
Dr. Gerardo Aquino Jr., Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) chief, received the first dose of the CoronaVac vaccine by Sinovac during the ceremonial vaccination on March 4 at the new Center for Behavioral Sciences building of the VSMMC, which signaled the start of the vaccination rollout in Cebu and the Visayas.
Doctors, COVID-19 response officials, and VSMMC medical frontliners also received the Sinovac s vaccine during the ceremonial vaccination.
Aquino said he agreed to be the first to be vaccinated to give confidence to his fellow medical frontliners to accept the vaccine that is given to them now.
March 10, 2021 A TOTAL of 32,540 Covid-19 vaccine doses have arrived and allocated for health care workers in Central Visayas.
Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas spokesperson, in her presentation in a vaccination drive in Tanjay, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, said these include:
• 7,200 doses of Sinovac vaccines allocated in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center on March 2
• 17,480 doses of Sinovac vaccines for private and other government-owned hospitals in Cebu that were delivered on March 4
• 2,680 Sinovac vaccine doses for the Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center in Bohol allocated on March 5
• 5,000 doses of the same brand of vaccines for Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital delivered on March 8