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File photo March 04, 2021 NO LOCAL government officials will be inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine yet as all 7,200 doses in the first batch that arrived on March 2, 2021 are intended for healthcare workers, the Department of Health Central Visayas (DOH 7) clarified.
Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, DOH 7 spokesperson, issued the clarification Wednesday, March 3, after two Cebu City councilors said they were willing to be vaccinated to build trust in the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Except for Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) deputy chief implementer for the Visayas Melquiades Feliciano, Loreche said all vaccinees at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) on Thursday, March 4, will be medical frontliners.
Published March 3, 2021, 4:01 PM
CEBU CITY – Half of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines intended for medical frontliners arrived here Tuesday morning, March 2.
CEBU CITY – Half of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines intended for medical frontliners arrived here Tuesday morning, March 2.
The transportation of the vaccines from the airport to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City “was hassle-free”, said Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH 7).
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and City Councilor Dave Tumulak were among the city officials who went to the MCIA to witness the arrival of the vaccines.
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SunStar 768 of 3,000 VSMMC frontliners to try China s Sinovac vaccine
VACCINE ARRIVAL. Government and health officials (fourth from left, facing camera, partly hidden) Department of Health 7 spokesperson Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, (from sixth from left) Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases Visayas chief implementer ret. Gen. Melquiades Feliciano and wife Mia, Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama and Cebu Medical Society vice president Dr. Peter Mancao witness the arrival of the CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine of Chinese firm Sinovac at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Upon being unloaded from the plane, the vaccine cargo is heavily guarded (inset). (ALAN TANGCAWAN)