Region 7 receives 1st shipment of Pfizer COVID vaccines

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas on Tuesday, May 11, received a fresh supply of COVID-19 vaccines. A total of 132,000 doses of AstraZeneca and 29,250 doses of Pfizer’s BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines arrived at the Mactan Cebu…

VM Rama says Cebu City will get more COVID-19 vaccines soon

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City should get additional doses of the vaccines when more vials will be allocated to Central Visayas. Vice Mayor Michael Rama, the lead convener of the city’s vaccination program, said he talked…

Region 7 has facilities fit for Sputnik V vaccines

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas has facilities fit to store Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines, the regional health office has reported. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7), said…

EOC: Cebu City records lowest hospital utility rate for 2021

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City recorded its lowest critical care occupancy rate since 2021 began, local officials announced. Councilor Joel Garganera on Monday, April 26, said hospitals here were still in the “safe zones” after they…

EOC: Penalties for no face mask remains

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Cebu City recommends to continue imposing penalties to individuals caught not wearing face masks in public.  Councilor Joel Garganera, head of the city’s EOC, told reporters in a message…

CV gets 44K additional Sinovac vaccines, may start roll-out for seniors

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/14/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has announced that the region is getting an additional 44,400 allocations of the Sinovac vaccine. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, the chief pathologist of DOH-7, said…

32 ‘wasted’ COVID vaccines in Region 7 minimal, says DOH7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas has 32 unused COVID-19 vaccines that were put to waste, the regional health office here reported. The Department of Health in the region (DOH-7) on April 12, 2021 confirmed to reporters…

11,000 medical frontliners in CV complete COVID inoculation sked

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 11,000 healthcare workers in Central Visayas have already completed their COVID-19 inoculation. But health officials still need to administer the first dose of the vaccine to at least 59,683 medical frontliners.…

Cebu City police says liquor ban helped in decreasing COVID cases

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local officials and law enforcers in Cebu City welcomed the continuous decline of COVID-19 cases, especially after recording its lowest number of new infections since January 1, 2021. And the police attributed this…

7,200 doses of Sinovac vaccines arrive in Region 7

Morexette Marie Erram 03/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, received another shipment of COVID-19 vaccines. Twelve boxes of CoronaVac containing a total of 7,200 doses arrived at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) at 7:40…

Region 7 to receive more Sinovac doses

03/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) announced on Monday, March 29, 2021, that the region is set to receive additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines. In a virtual press briefer, Dr. Mary…

AstraZeneca rollout in CV extended to Mar. 31

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After missing the March 23 deadline, rollout of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in Central Visayas has been extended. The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) on Thursday, March 25, announced that hospitals and…

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