March 03, 2021 VACCINE czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said a total of 2,793 people have been inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as of Tuesday evening, March 2, 2021. On Monday, March 1, the vaccination campaign was launched at the UP-Philippine General Hospital (PGH), Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Center and Sanitarium, Veterans Memorial Medical Center, Philippine National Police General Hospital and Victoriano Luna Medical Center, all in Metro Manila. The Department of Health (DOH) earlier said 756 people, mostly medical frontliners and uniformed personnel, were vaccinated. Leading the list of vaccinees were PGH Director Gerardo Legaspi, testing czar Vince Dizon, Food and Drug Administration Director General Eric Domingo and Galvez.