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+ March 02, 2021 THE 600,000 doses of vaccine against Covid-19 donated by China have arrived and the government officials celebrated with glee even if some health workers expressed doubts on its efficacy. It s a reason for us to be happy though since after several arguments, the vaccines finally arrived. Malacañang spokesperson Harry Roque leaped with joy, so to speak, on the arrival of the vaccines.
Lucky are those who got the first dose of the vaccine. However, being in the frontline in the fight against this virus, they deserve to have the vaccine first. But even with the government officials and doctors showing to the public their dose of Sinovac, there are still those who are not confident of the effect of this vaccine.
na talaga namang tatanggapin ng ating mga healthcare workers
ito dahil kailangan bigyan ng kumpiyansa itong bakuna, she said.
[Translation: We believe when the top physicians of hospitals were vaccinated like Dr. Gap Legaspi, our expert Dr. Edsel Salvaña, Dr. (Fritz) Famaran of Tala Hospital, we think this gave confidence to healthcare workers to accept it because it boosted confidence in the vaccines.]
On Monday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III administered the vaccine himself to Dr. Eileen Aniceto, Lung Center s Emergency Medicine Department head, and V. Luna Medical Center chief Col. Fatima Navarro.
The DOH reported that on day one ot the government s vaccination program, 756 people received the Sinovac vaccine. Thirteen of those inoculated experienced common, minor side effects, Vergeire said.
An official from the World Health Organization expressed optimism that Filipinos’ confidence and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines will increase once more information on the products come in. This comes amid hesitancy on the part of some citizens to get inoculated against the virus.
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