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Medical frontliners, according to city officials, will be given main priority.
The 6,300 doses was part of the 600,000 initial doses donated by China to the government.
“This is historic,” Mayor Evelio Leonardia said, adding that the first vaccination in Western Visayas happened here and the first COVID-19 case in the region was also recorded in this city.
Leonardia said that like the others who were also clobbered by COVID-19, during those rough times, the city was also one of the first to recover. “This makes today’s event more significant and meaningful,” the Bacolod mayor said.
Leonardia considers the vaccines as a light at the end of the tunnel. “We are still inside the tunnel but what is important is that we’re slowly moving towards the end of the tunnel through the vaccines as our light,” he added.
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THERE is no more [reason] for us to doubt the vaccine.”
This was stressed by Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia Friday, March 5, 2021, after five medical doctors and a nurse in Bacolod joined the ceremonial vaccination against Covid-19 at the Bacolod Government Center (BGC) lobby Friday.
These include Dr. Miguel Sarabia, ophthalmologist and president of Negros Occidental Medical Society (NOMS); Dr. Hector Gayares, chief executive officer of Adventist International Healthcare System Philippines and deputy medical of EOC; Dr. Dolores Rommela Tiples-Ruiz, infectious disease specialist and president of Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Disease-Negros Occidental Chapter; Dr. Radela Yvonne Ramos-Cortes, Internal Medicine, Allergy and Immunology; and Dr. Carlos Javier Primicias Jr., pediatrician.
March 06, 2021 THE City Government of Bacolod has started its vaccination program against Covid-19 for the medical frontliners Friday, March 5, 2021, with five doctors and a nurse in the city receiving the first dose of Sinovac vaccine.
The ceremonial vaccination was held at the Bacolod Government Center (BGC) lobby and witnessed by city officials led by Mayor Evelio Leonardia; Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran; Councilors Renecito Novero, Israel Salanga, Cindy Rojas, Bartolome Orola and Ayesha Villaflor; and members of Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
The medical doctors, who were the first to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in Western Visayas, include Dr. Miguel Sarabia, ophthalmologist and president of Negros Occidental Medical Society (NOMS); Dr. Hector Gayares, chief executive officer of Adventist International Healthcare System Philippines and deputy medical of EOC; Dr. Dolores Rommela Tiples-Ruiz, infectious disease specialist and president of Philippine Society f