DOH6 regional director Adriano Suba-an (5th from left, standing), witnesses the signing of MOA for inter-LGU cooperation in UHC implementation, between EB Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon, Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo, Pulupandan Mayor Miguel Peña, Victorias City Vice Mayor Abelardo Bantug III, and Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, in the presence of Hospital Operations Division chief Dr. Girlie Pinongan, PHO head Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, Board Members Rommel Debulgado and Araceli Somosa, and Dr. Julius Drilon, chief of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, among others. Capitol PIO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As Hospital Operations Division Chief Dr. Girlie Pinongan yesterday assumed the additional responsibility as officer in charge of the
JABBED. A boy in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental gets vaccinated against Covid-19 on the last week of February. This week, the province is set to receive an additional 25,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech jabs for children aged 5 to 11, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II said on Monday (March 7, 2022). (Photo courtesy of NegOcc-San Carlos City Information Office) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government will receive an additional 25,000 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 this week. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II said on Monday that Presidential Adviser for Covid-19 Response Vivencio Dizon confirmed the dispatch of more Pfizer-BioNTech jabs for minors in the province. "What's important is our vaccine supply. Secretary Dizon has also ensured the province will receive about 25,000 doses for minors. It is expected (to arrive) today (Monday) or tomorrow (Tuesday)," he told reporters. Diaz said the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the powering up of the P30M hospital waste disposal facility at TLJPH in Silay City, witnessed by Dr.