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April 12, 2021
THE number of individuals who have received a dose of a coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine in the Philippines has breached one million, Malacañang announced Monday, April 12, 2021.
As of April 11, or 42 days since the vaccination campaign began in the country, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said a total of 1,007,356 individuals have received the first dose.
They comprise 0.93 percent of the Philippines’ 108 million population and 1.43 percent of the government’s 70 million target for 2021.
Of this number, 132,288 have also received the second dose, bringing the total number of doses administered in the country to 1,139,644, or 45 percent of the 2,525,600 million doses delivered earlier.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today said that the Chinese made Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine will be used for those above the age of 60 in Phase 2 of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme scheduled to start on April 19.  Khairy said...

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China is considering the mixing of different Covid-19 vaccines to improve the relatively low efficacy of its existing options. — AFP pic
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BEIJING, April 11 — China is considering the mixing of different Covid-19 vaccines to improve the relatively low efficacy of its existing options, a top health expert has told a conference.
Authorities have to “consider ways to solve the issue that efficacy rates of existing vaccines are not high”, Chinese media outlet
The Paper reported, citing Gao Fu, the head of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

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March 09, 2021
HEALTHCARE workers in private hospitals were inoculated Tuesday, March 9, 2021, of the Sinovac vaccine donated by China after their counterparts in public health were vaccinated last week.
The Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas has allocated vaccines to various private hospitals in Cebu.
Chong Hua Hospital (CHH) started its vaccination on March 8, 2021 while Cebu Doctors' University Hospital and Perpetual Succour Hospital started vaccinating their health workers on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
Dr. Potenciano "Yong" Larrazabal III, President and Chairman of the Board, received the first dose of CoronaVac (Sinovac) vaccine to kick off the vaccination roll out in CebuDoc Group and to boost the confidence of CebuDoc Group Healthcare workers in the vaccine.

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March 09, 2021
HEALTHCARE workers in private hospitals were inoculated Tuesday, March 9, 2021, of the Sinovac vaccine donated by China after their counterparts in public health were vaccinated last week.
The Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas has allocated vaccines to various private hospitals in Cebu.
Chong Hua Hospital (CHH) started its vaccination on March 8, 2021 while Cebu Doctors' University Hospital and Perpetual Succour Hospital started vaccinating their health workers on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
Dr. Potenciano "Yong" Larrazabal III, President and Chairman of the Board, received the first dose of CoronaVac (Sinovac) vaccine to kick off the vaccination roll out in CebuDoc Group and to boost the confidence of CebuDoc Group Healthcare workers in the vaccine.

Dr. Nanette Pingoy-Franco, CEO and medical director of Dr. Arturo P. Pingoy Medical Center (DAPPMC), receives their allotment of Sinovac Vaccine from the Integrated Provincial Health Office on Saturday.
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Mar. 8 (PIA) -- Dr. Nanette Pingoy-Franco, chief executive officer and medical director of the Dr. Arturo P. Pingoy Medical Center (DAPPMC) in Koronadal City praised the government after their frontline healthcare workers (HCW) were included among those set to receive the first coronavirus disease vaccines that arrived in the Philippines.  
"First of all, we are very thankful to the government for facilitating na mauna ang healthcare workers, who have been working so hard under very difficult conditions for one year," Dr. Pingoy-Franco told Philippine Information Agency in an interview after she withdrew DAPPMC's vaccine allotment  from the South Cotabato Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) on Saturday.   

Fauci Says U.S. Cases High; Cuomo Rejects Quitting: Virus Update
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3/7/2021
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Healthcare workers prepare doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a McLeod Health mass vaccination site inside the Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, U.S., on Wednesday, March 5, 2021. Governor McMaster announced a massive expansion of Covid vaccine eligibility, moving the state to phase 1B which would make about 2.7 million residents eligible to receive the vaccine.
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The U.S. recorded a full week with fewer than 70,000 daily Covid-19 cases for the first time since mid-October, though President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser said the current daily caseload remains “very high.”

The U.S. recorded a full week with fewer than 70,000 daily Covid-19 cases for the first time since mid-October, though President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser said the current daily caseload remains “very high.”

Fauci Says U.S. Cases High; Cuomo Rejects Quitting: Virus Update
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3/7/2021
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Healthcare workers prepare doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a McLeod Health mass vaccination site inside the Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, U.S., on Wednesday, March 5, 2021. Governor McMaster announced a massive expansion of Covid vaccine eligibility, moving the state to phase 1B which would make about 2.7 million residents eligible to receive the vaccine.
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The U.S. recorded a full week with fewer than 70,000 daily Covid-19 cases for the first time since mid-October, though President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser said the current daily caseload remains “very high.”

Fauci Says U.S. Cases High; Cuomo Rejects Quitting: Virus Update
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3/7/2021
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Healthcare workers prepare doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a McLeod Health mass vaccination site inside the Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, U.S., on Wednesday, March 5, 2021. Governor McMaster announced a massive expansion of Covid vaccine eligibility, moving the state to phase 1B which would make about 2.7 million residents eligible to receive the vaccine.
(Bloomberg) --
The U.S. recorded a full week with fewer than 70,000 daily Covid-19 cases for the first time since mid-October, though President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser said the current daily caseload remains “very high.”

Fauci Says U.S. Cases High; Cuomo Rejects Quitting: Virus Update
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3/7/2021
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© Bloomberg
Healthcare workers prepare doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a McLeod Health mass vaccination site inside the Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, U.S., on Wednesday, March 5, 2021. Governor McMaster announced a massive expansion of Covid vaccine eligibility, moving the state to phase 1B which would make about 2.7 million residents eligible to receive the vaccine.
(Bloomberg) --
The U.S. recorded a full week with fewer than 70,000 daily Covid-19 cases for the first time since mid-October, though President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser said the current daily caseload remains “very high.”

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March 06, 2021
THE Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC) has posed no objection to the procurement of the Sinovac inactivated vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), saying its use has been deemed “beneficial”.
In a statement Saturday, March 6, 2021, the Department of Health (DOH) said HTAC released the results of its assessment of the Sinovac vaccine on March 3, 2021, a few days after the first batch of Sinovac vaccines arrived in the country.
DOH said the HTAC, which is an independent advisory body that provides guidance on the coverage of health interventions and technologies to be funded by the government, “deemed the use of CoronaVac (Sinovac) as being beneficial.”

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March 05, 2021
WHEN a barangay health worker went house-to-house to ask residents in Bangkal, Davao City about their willingness to accept Covid-19 vaccine, 55-year-old online worker Tejhay (not his real name) declined due to fears of possible complications.
For Alek, a tricycle driver in Jacinto St., Davao City, he wants to wait and observe first the results of the first few batches of individuals who received their vaccine jabs.
"Maayo ng makasiguro usa ta, kanang makita na gyud nato kung okay ba gyud na nga vaccine. Hulat-hulat sa ko (It is better to be sure and see the results first of how the first few individuals responded to the vaccine. I'll wait and see)," he said.

March 04, 2021
DEPARTMENT of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III on Thursday, March 4, 2021, said they will look into the vaccination of government officials using the Sinovac vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Duque said the prioritization framework, which gives healthcare workers first priority in getting vaccinated, should be followed given the limited supply of vaccines.
He said the estimated 1.7 million healthcare workers in the country need a total of 3.4 million doses. The 600,000 doses of CoronaVac, the vaccine developed by Sinovac, can vaccinate only about 17 percent.
President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered vaccine czar and National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr., NTF deputy chief implementer Vince Dizon and Metro Manila Development Authority chairman Benhur Abalos to get inoculated in a bid to boost confidence in the vaccine.

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March 04, 2021
DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Thursday, March 4, 2021 said the reported “no vaccine, no work” policy in some companies is illegal.
He said a company cannot force its employees to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
He said this policy can be considered discriminatory since there is limited supply of vaccines.
Earlier, the Associated Labor Union (ALU) said they have received reports from workers in the agriculture, manufacturing and services (hotels, restaurants and call centers) sector that their employers were requiring them to get vaccinated.
ALU-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines spokesperson Alan Tanjusay said they will help the workers file complaints against their employers who would implement the no vaccine, no work policy.

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WHO warns against deviating from prioritization framework
MANILA. Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, director of the UP Philippine General Hospital, is the first to receive the Sinovac vaccine on March 1, 2021. (File)
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March 04, 2021
FAILURE to follow the prioritization framework in the implementation of the vaccination program against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) could put vaccine shipments from the Covax facility at risk, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday, March 4, 2021.
Under prioritization roadmap of the WHO, the first to receive the vaccines should be the healthcare workers, elderly and people with comorbidities.
“If we want to ensure that we continue to access the vaccines from the Covax facility, we need to demonstrate that we can follow this prioritization,” WHO country representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said in a virtual briefing.

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.

March 02, 2021
THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, launched its official vaccination program against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) with the inoculation of over 100 personnel.
The military received 100,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine donated by China, about two months after officials admitted that Presidential Security Group (PSG) personnel illegally received Sinopharm vaccines that were smuggled into the country.
Both the Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines are from China. The Sinovac vaccine was developed by Sinovac Life Sciences Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Nasdaq-listed Sinovac Biotech Ltd., while the Sinopharm vaccine was developed by a subsidiary of state-owned China National Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd.

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Sinovac vaccines to arrive in Cebu, Davao on March 2
MANILA. Boxes of Sinovac vaccine are weighed at PAL's international cargo terminal in Pasay City upon arrival at 6 p.m. Monday, March 1, 2021. (From Cielo Villaluna’s Facebook)
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March 02, 2021
FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) will transport Sinovac vaccines to Cebu City and Davao City on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
In a social media post, PAL spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said there will be 7,200 doses (placed in 12 boxes) for Cebu City and 12,000 doses (placed in 20 boxes) for Davao City.
She said the vaccines arrived at PAL's international cargo terminal in Pasay City at 6 p.m. Monday, March 1, from the cold storage facility in Marikina City.