Published May 15, 2021, 3:29 PM
As millions of coronavirus disease-2019 (CÒVID-19) vaccines continue to arrive in the country, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged the local government units (LGUs) on Saturday, May 15, to brace for more vaccine supplies and enhance their vaccination efforts with the targeted four million vaccination by the end of next month.
Patuloy ang pagdating ng mga vaccines sa bansa at kasabay nito ang pag-asang maging protektado at ligtas ang ating mga kababayan mula sa virus (The (COVID-19) vaccines continue to arrive in the country and with this comes the hope of providing protection and safety to the public against the virus). I am therefore calling on our LGUs to increase their capacity for vaccination so that we can administer 3-4 million jabs a month starting this June, ” said DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año.
Published May 14, 2021, 10:07 AM
President Duterte wanted coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to be distributed to the local government units (LGUs) immediately, saying he will not accept it if the country will lose the fight against COVID-19 just because the shots expired due to negligence.
President Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with core members of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malacañang Golf Clubhouse in Malacañang on May 13, 2021. ROBINSON NIÑAL/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
Duterte made the statement after Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez Jr. pointed out the present challenge of using all 5,155,957 COVID-19 vaccine doses in the country’s inventory at “the soonest possible time” because of their shelf life.
By HANA BORDEY, GMA News
Published May 12, 2021 10:23am
Nayong Pilipino Foundation property in Parañaque, Metro Manila. Screencap from Nayong Pilipino Foundation video Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Wednesday expressed support to the plan to use Nayong Pilipino as a temporary COVID-19 mega vaccination site. “I have already agreed in principle that this facility will be used temporarily as a huge vaccination center to speed up our vaccination coverage,” he said in an ANC interview. The Health chief emphasized the need to ramp up the vaccination program of the government with a target of 500,000 jabs per day nationwide and 120,000 vaccinees per day in the National Capital Region.
May 11, 2021
Senator Panfilo Lacson backs the construction of a COVID-19 mega vaccination site in Nayong Pilipino in Parañaque City.
“Ano bang mas importante ipil-ipil o yung buhay ng Filipino (What is more important the trees or the lives of the Filipinos)?” Lacson asked.
“That’s a no brainer and here’s a private company, a business, na nag-o-offer ng help, kasi, and rightly so, hindi naman ito ginagawa ni Mr. [Enrique Razon Jr.] only for the Filipino people. Remember he’s losing a lot because ang employees niya rin apektado rin,” he added.
(That’s a no brainer and here’s a private company, a business that is offering help and rightly so, this is not being pushed by Mr. Razon only for the Filipino people. Remember he’s losing a lot because his employees are affected too.)