Published February 17, 2021, 8:26 AM
DAVAO CITY – The City of Davao will need to vaccinate a total of 531,673 individuals who comprise the local government’s priority sector in its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program, Davao City Health Office (CHO) acting head Dr. Ashley Lopez said on Tuesday.
In his presentation during the Coordinated Operations to Defeat Epidemic (C.O.D.E.) Team visit at the A. Mabini Elementary School in Barangay Talomo, Lopez said of the total individuals in the government’s top priority list, the city has identified 16,677 frontline health workers, 77,189 senior citizens, 432,549 indigents, and 5,258 security personnel.
He said the health workers in the COVID-19 referral hospitals, including government-run Southern Philippines Medical Center and other private hospitals, will be the first to receive the vaccines, and those workers in the quarantine isolation facilities that include the temporary treatment and monitoring facilitie
Pasay works overtime for success of COVID vaccine rollout
philippinetimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from philippinetimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Coordination needed
visayandailystar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from visayandailystar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News
Published February 16, 2021 2:39pm The Philippines has proposed a P500 million funding for indemnification of those who will experience adverse effects as a result of getting COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. said. Galvez made the announcement days after he disclosed that the lack of Vaccine Indemnification Law which would compensate those who will experience adverse effects from getting COVID-19 vaccines have delayed the arrival of 117,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines from COVAX facility a global effort funding COVID-19 response in aid of countries in need. “Ang recommended po ng DOF (Department of Finance) ay P500 million for indemnification,” he said in a press conference during the Coordinated Operations to Defeat Epidemic (C.O.D.E.) Team visit in Davao City.