March 02, 2021 DEPARTMENT of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said 756 individuals, mostly healthcare workers and uniformed personnel, received the first dose of the Sinovac vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on the first day of the implementation of the vaccination program. In a statement, the National Vaccine Operations Center reported that there were 128 vaccinees from the PGH, 85 from Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital, 20 from the Lung Center of the Philippines, 110 from the Philippine National Police General Hospital, 353 from Veterans Memorial Medical Center, and 60 from Victoriano Luna Medical Center. Of the 756, 13 experienced common and minor adverse events following inoculation, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a media forum on Tuesday, March 2.