SunStar Olongapo healthcare workers first vaccine recipients in Central Luzon FIRST JAB IN CENTRAL LUZON. Dr. Jewel Manuel, chief of the James L. Gordon Memorial Hospital in Olongapo City, is among the first Covid-19 vaccine recipients in the locality as well as in Central Luzon on Sunday (March 7, 2021). A total of 538 vials of Sinovac vaccines arrived Saturday at the James L. Gordon Memorial Hospital intended for the city's medical workers. (Olongapo City Information Office) + March 08, 2021 THE City Government of Olongapo started inoculating on March 6 medical frontliners against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), making it the first local government unit (LGU) in Central Luzon to roll out the vaccination program.