A doctor from the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Medicine has slammed on Sunday, May 16, the red-tagging of groups organizing donation drives for the fire-hit Philippine General Hospital (PGH).
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Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after a fire broke out in PGH in Taft Avenue, Manila past midnight of May 16, and damaged a portion of the hospital, leaving patients displaced.
In his statement, Roque said the Palace was saddened by the incident.
“We are saddened by the fire that hit a portion of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) early morning today,” he said.
“Hospital operations continue even as repairs are ongoing,” he added.
The Palace official likewise thanked those who heeded the call of PGH for donations.
“We thank our people for immediately responding to the call for emergency donations of the PGH.,” Roque said.
Published May 16, 2021, 2:32 PM
The country remains ill-prepared to vaccinate its citizens against COVID-19 as it falls on its target to vaccinate 120,000 people a day to achieve herd immunity by the end of this year, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 16.
Citing a herd immunity tracker on Twitter, Robredo said that at the rate the country is going, it will take five years to reach herd immunity.
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Although Robredo did not cite him, Edson Guido (#statslookandlisten), who is a doctoral degree candidate in economics at the University of the Philippines, said that it will take the Philippines until November 2026 if it will continue to administer only 67,780 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine every day.
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