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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 1) The Department of Health recorded over 2,000 new COVID-19 infections for the fifth straight day on Monday, as the country began its vaccine rollout.
The DOH said 2,037 more people caught the viral illness, raising the nationwide case tally to 578,381. Of this total, 31,708 or 5.5% are active cases.
Four others succumbed to the illness, bringing the death toll to 12,322, while recoveries reached 534,351 with 86 more survivors.
Similar to the day before, only one testing laboratory failed to submit its latest data on time and was not included in the updated count. The DOH added that it removed eight duplicates from the overall tally, including six recoveries, after final validation.
Dozens of medical frontliners across six state hospitals in Metro Manila were vaccinated today. Alongside them, a handful of government officials were also inoculated with the limited doses of Sinovac vaccines donated by China.
Starting Friday, March 5, 2021, libraries, museums, cultural centers, meetings and conventions, and limited tourist attractions and video games arcades will be allowed to operate at a maximum of 50 percent under general community quarantine (GCQ) and 75 percent under modified GCQ (MGCQ).
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Secretary Vince Dizon throws a victory sign after being vaccinated with the CoronaVac vaccine from China s Sinovac Biotech pharmaceutical. (DOH photo)
CALOOCAN CITY, March 1 (PIA) The country s COVID-19 Testing Czar and National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer Secretary Vince Dizon on Monday personally joined the chief and around 200 initial medical frontline workers of the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium in Tala, Caloocan City in getting the first shots of the coronavirus vaccine.
Posing with a victory sign after receiving the vaccine, Dizon had sat down with Dr. Alfonso Victorino Famaran, Jr., Medical Center Chief II, to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this morning, along with 180 health workers, who all hailed and expressed confidence in the donated CoronaVac vaccine from China s Sinovac Biotech.
HTAC never intended to have same function as FDA
Published 2 months ago
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after Vice President Leni Robredo backed a group of doctors from the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) in calling for a further review of Covid-19 vaccines developed by China-based Sinovac. (PCOO file photo)
MANILA – The Universal Health Care (UHC) law never intended to give the Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC) advisory board the same function as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Philippines, Malacañang said Monday.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after Vice President Leni Robredo backed a group of doctors from the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) in calling for a further review of Covid-19 vaccines developed by China-based Sinovac.