Published March 1, 2021, 8:19 PM
A supply of COVID-19 vaccines from Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac arrived at the Sta. Ana Hospital in Manila on Monday, March 1.
CORONAVAC VACCINES Vials of CoronaVac, the COVID-19 vaccine from Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac, enough for 1,500 people, arrive at the Sta. Ana Hospital in Manila on Monday, March 1. (Manila Public Information Office photo)
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said the vaccine supply is enough for 1,500 people. Frontline health workers of the Manila city government are on top of the priority list.
The city government is targeting to vaccinate 200 people when it rolls out its own vaccination program using the CoronaVac vaccines on Tuesday, March 2.
Published March 1, 2021, 5:46 PM
At least five personnel of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City were hospitalized when they experienced dizziness and developed rashes after being inoculated with a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd. on Monday, March 1. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP / FILE PHOTO)
One of them was a male auxilliary staff who felt dizzy moments after he was administered with Sinovac vaccine, said Dr. Ramon Mora, VMMC post-vaccination observation team leader.
Mora said that the staff was already anxious during the screening as he suggested that it could have contributed to the patient feeling dizzy post-vaccination.
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MANILA, March 1 Dr. Gerardo “Gap” Legaspi, Medical Director of the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) became the first Filipino to be officially inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine, as the Philippines’ national vaccination program started today, March 1, 2021.
Dr. Legaspi was inoculated with CoronaVac, the vaccine from Sinovac Biotech a donation from the government of China. The first inoculator for the Philippines is UP-PGH nurse Sherlock Santos.“Makasaysayan po ang araw na ito dahil sinimulan na po natin ang ating pagbabakuna,” said Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque Jr, in a press briefing at the UP-PGH on March 1, 2021.
The Palace official said that the arrival of the Sinovac vaccine yesterday, February 28, 2021, can also be considered historical for the country.
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