Health Secretary Francisco Duque converses with a vaccine frontliner manning the Mabini Elem. School Vaccination Site in Davao City. The CODE Team conducted a walk thru at the school during the vaccination simulation held on Feb. 16.
DAVAO CITY, Feb. 17 (PIA) - Members of the Coordinated Operations to Defeat Epidemic (CODE) or CODE Team commended the vaccination and deployment plan presented by the local government of Davao City during their visit on Feb. 16.
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte welcomed the CODE Team led by National Task Force Against COVID19 Chief Implementer and Vaccine Czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr, Health Secretary and IATF Chair Secretary Francisco Duque III, Cabinet Secretary of the Philippines Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles, Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque Jr.
The Straits Times
Where is the vaccine?: Inquirer
The paper says that there is still no signed supply agreement of vaccines in the Philippines although a delivery date was boldly set at midmonth.
A health worker receives a mock vaccine shot during a Covid-19 vaccination drill at the Medical City hospital in Ortigas City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on Feb 18 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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