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Published March 2, 2021, 3:07 PM
DOH ‘content and happy’ with 1st day of PH vaccination rollout
The Department of Health (DOH) said it is “content and happy” that the country has already started its vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Health worker receives the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during the first phase of vaccinations for health workers at Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital, formerly Tala Sanitarium, in Caloocan City on Monday, March 1.
(Photo by Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN)
“Ang tagal-tagal po natin hinintay and we are now vaccinating our healthcare workers na talagang sila naman po ang pinakaimportanteng mabakunahan (We have waited a long time but we are now vaccinating our healthcare workers who are really the most important to be vaccinated),” said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press briefing on Tuesday, March 2.
Day One of the government's vaccination program has been a resounding success after more people got vaccinated beyond the government's expectation, Malacañang said Tuesday.
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Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go
(OFFICE OF SEN. BONG GO / FILE PHOTO)
A day after the arrival and official turnover of 600,000 vaccines for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Sinovac Biotech Ltd. which was a donation from China, the government immediately began inoculating pre-identified personnel in six government facilities in Metro Manila, namely Philippine General Hospital (PGH), Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP), Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Center and Sanitarium, Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC), Philippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital, and Victoriano Luna Medical Center (VLMC), and kicked off the much-awaited vaccination drive.
The vaccination drive will continue in the coming days in various hospitals around the country.