Published May 2, 2021, 11:26 AM
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday urged the Department of Health (DOH) to mount a more aggressive information drive about the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to improve Filipinos trust in these shots.
Lacson warned the vaccines that may arrive in the next few months may go to waste mainly because many Filipinos have low trust in them.
“What our officials, including Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, should do is to improve the public’s trust in vaccines, instead of just announcing when the vaccines will arrive,” Lacson said in an interview on Radio DZRH.
“Besides, if very few Filipinos are willing to be vaccinated, the vaccines that actually arrive may go to waste,” he added.
By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News
Published May 2, 2021 9:00pm The Philippine Heart Center (PHC) saw its bottom line fall by 133% in 2020 as its revenues were nearly halved during the year, according to a report by the Commission on Audit (COA). Data released by the COA showed that the PHC incurred a P180.281-million deficit last year versus the P544.578-million surplus in 2019. Revenues for the year were slashed by 49.04% to P1.600 billion from P3.140 billion in 2019, while operating expenses fell 18.78% to P3.233 billion from P3.981 billion. The PHC is a Level 4 government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) specialty hospital accredited by the Department of Health (DOH) and other regulatory agencies.
First batch of Sputnik V vaccines arrives in PH; to be rolled out in 4 NCR cities
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 1) After delivery delays, the first batch of Russia-made Sputnik V vaccines has arrived in the Philippines.
The initial shipment of 15,000 doses landed in Manila Saturday afternoon.
The cargo was welcomed by select task force officials including Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, as well as Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov.
LOOK: The initial shipment of 15,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine landed in Manila this afternoon.
The cargo was welcomed by Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, as well as Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (PCOO/Manila Bulletin File Photo)
He said those who discriminate, intimidate and even re-tag the healthcare workers will all be held accountable.
“Now more than ever HCWs play a crucial role in our COVID-19 response. We stand against any form of discrimination, intimidation, and violence against them,” he said in a statement.
“These acts will not be tolerated. We will hold perpetrators of these acts accountable and will collate reports from our HCWs for proper investigation and resolution.”
The DOH chief said after their consultation with the HCWs, they “have been notified on incidents of discrimination, intimidation, and violence against our HCWs including cases of red-tagging for simply asking for better benefits and pay.”
Published May 1, 2021, 5:43 PM
After an initial delay, the first batch of Sputnik V vaccines procured by the government from Russia finally arrived in the country on Saturday, May 1, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 said.
A commercial plane from Qatar Airways carrying the initial 15,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City around 3:50 p.m.
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and NTF chief implementer, and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III led government officials who welcomed the COVID-19 vaccines as seen in photos shared by the NTF to the media. They were accompanied by Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlo and Undersecretary Robert Borje, chief of Presidential Protocol and Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs.