Anti-red tape agency to smoothen accreditation process for vaccination sites
May 5, 2021 | 8:05 pm
PUBLIC schools such as the Old Balara Elementary school in Quezon City pictured here are among the common sites across the country used by government for its coronavirus vaccination program. PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS
THE ANTI-RED Tape Authority (ARTA) is studying putting up one-stop shops for the processing of accreditation for coronavirus vaccination sites in response to alleged delays.
ARTA made the statement following a
Philippine Daily Inquirer report where Chinese General Hospital Manila Administrator Samuel Ang said hospitals have been noting excessive requirements to set up the sites.
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - At the virtual vaccine summit organized the other day by the country s leading business groups, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. told participants: We are very confident that the country will be able to achieve herd containment within this year with the help of the private sector, with the inoculation of 50 to 70 million Filipinos.
Even with the lower figure of 50 million, the road ahead seems longer. It means administering 100 million jabs (at two doses per person) within a period of eight months-assuming, it goes without saying, the steady arrival of the promised vaccines. Subtracting the 1.8 million doses that have already been given leaves us with about 98 million to be dispensed in 245 days. That s exactly 400,000 inoculations per day-an ambitious and unrealistic target, given the varying logistical requirements of the different vaccines and the fragmented character of the vaccine roll-out itself.
Filipino Cop Who Received Sinovac Vaccine Dies Of COVID-19
05/03/21 AT 5:30 AM Representation. Police said the incident was a random attack that started when Curry saw the women in public. Photo: Pixabay
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A 50-year-old cop in the Philippines died of COVID-19 weeks after receiving his first jab of the Sinovac vaccine
He was the 56th Philippine National Police personnel who died of COVID-19
Fifteen Filipino health workers also tested positive for COVID-19 after getting vaccinated last month
A police official from the Philippines died of COVID-19 just weeks after receiving his first dose of the CoronaVac vaccine from Beijing-based company Sinovac.
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Pangilinan, other personalities renew call for De Lima s freedom
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan has renewed his call for the immediate release of Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima from continued unjust detention which he said has compromised her health.
Pangilinan demanded for De Lima s freedom after the lady Senator requested for an emergency medical furlough due to bouts of headaches and persistent generalized weakness. Nag-aalala kami sa kalagayan ni Sen. Leila. Over 1,500 days of unjust detention will take its toll on anyone - and now it s affected Sen. Leila s health. This is a severe injustice and a violation of basic human rights, his Twitter post read.