National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (PNA)
A photo, which is now circulating online, shows a female health care worker holding a syringe directly to the rolled-up sleeves of Lorenzana who was among the guests during the vaccination rollout at the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao City on Friday, March 5, of China-made Sinovac.
The photo opportunity seemed to be very realistic that it was picked up and reported by several media outfits.
But wait, no vaccination actually happened and Lorenzana himself admitted that it was just for a photo.
“Photo ops lang (Just for a photo opportunity),” Lorenzana told reporters who were asking him if he was already vaccinated when the photo started to circulate online.
Published March 5, 2021, 1:51 PM
DAVAO CITY – Frontline health workers at the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) were immunized against COVID-19 at the start of the vaccination campaign here Friday.
A DOCTOR of the Southern Philippines Medical Center receives a Sinovac vaccine as the COVID-19 vaccinaton program kicks off in Davao City Friday. (Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN)
SPMC officer-in-charge medical chief Dr. Ricardo Audan was the first to be immunized among SPMC healthcare workers.
He said 70 percent of SPMC employees are willing to get vaccinated.
“’Yung total ng empleyado na gustong magpa-vaccine, we are 70 percent that is almost 4,000. Kasi 5,900 kami dito (The total number of employees who are willing to get vaccinated is at 70 percent that is almost 4,000. We have a total of 5,900 employees),” Audan said during a press conference at the launching of the vaccination campaign at the SPMC dubbed “Resbakuna Kasangga ng Bida.” The Department of Health
More regional LGUs kick off vaccination program
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 5) More local government units in the regions have started vaccinating their health workers.
A number of top government officials were present during the ceremonial vaccination held at the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City on Friday. Hospital chief Dr. Ricardo Audan was first to be inoculated.
Audan earlier said 75% of their 5,900 employees expressed their willingness to receive vaccines made by China s Sinovac. He also said they target to vaccinate 150 employees on the first day, but did not mention what their daily target is.
The rollout for the first dose will last for two weeks, which will be followed by the administration of the second dose after 28 days.
DAVAO CITY, March 5 (PIA) - Health Secretary Francisco Duque III allayed fears that the AstraZeneca vaccines is not effective against the South African variant of the Covid-19 Virus.
He stressed the data is not enough to conclude that the AstraZeneca vaccine has a low efficacy rate against any variant.
Duque said the AstraZeneca vaccine has 100 percent efficacy rate in preventing severe to critical cases of the COVID-19 infection.
“We are after a vaccine that will guarantee lesser severe and critical cases which ensure lesser hospitalization, at kung walang maoospital, walang mamamatay,” he pointed out.
Duque said based on experience, those who died from the COVID-19 infection where from severe to critical cases.
Phil. Information Agency Director Gen. Mon Cualoping at the start of the vaccination roll-out in Davao City
DAVAO CITY, March 5 (PIA) – The Philippine Information Agency (PIA), under its mandate to disseminate timely and relevant information, tempered its commitment of ramping up grassroots-level communication on the advantages of getting vaccinated for COVID-19.
This after PIA Director-General Usec. Ramon Cualoping III stressed in his recent speech at the ceremonial vaccination of medical frontliners at the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) the goal of the PIA to keep each Filipino informed.
‘We will Explain Explain Explain until the majority, if not all of Filipinos, understand that we all have to get inoculated to be protected from COVID-19,’ Cualoping said.