Vaccine watch: 96% of medical workers in Region 7 fully vaxxed

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Approximately five months since the rollout began in Central Visayas, almost all medical workers here are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Data from the Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC) revealed that as of August…

Mandaue City to vaccinate persons with comorbidities next week

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/21/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Government will be vaccinating the city’s persons with comorbidities against COVID-19 next week. Subangdaku Barangay Captain Ernie Manatad, chairman of the city’s COVID-19 vaccine board, said today, May 21, that…

Poe to IATF: Heed health workers’ plea

Bong Lozada - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ 04/10/2021

MANILA, Philippines—Senator Grace Poe called on the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases to act on the cries of the country’s health workers who are falling ill and risking their lives amid the still unresolved COVID-19…

Cebu to send 50 medical workers to help NCR+

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—At least 50 medical workers from Cebu will be traveling to Metro Manila on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, to help the government’s respond to the worsening COVID-19 outbreak there. A total of 11 doctors, 35…

Medical frontliners to be prioritized for vaccination in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Medical workers, the police, contact tracers, and frontliners in Cebu City will be the first to be inoculated with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine should it arrive anytime soon. This was the…

1, 800 Cebu City medical workers receive first tranche of financial assistance

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Nurse Michelle Macahasa worked in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ward of Chong Hua Hospital (CHH) for the last six months. She said the pandemic gave a new meaning to their profession, as…

‘I was scared to tell my parents I work at COVID unit’

Cheche V. Moral 05/03/2020

Planning for things they want to do when the pandemic ends is a regular topic among active-duty hospital health-care workers. “It’s what keeps us going,” says Ashley Mae Abesamis, 22, a nurse at the new coronavirus disease…

Ferro: Special lanes for medical workers in checkpoints

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Policemen manning the border checkpoints around Cebu Province and in Cebu City will make a special lane for the medical workers to make it easier for them to pass through these checkpoints. Police…

Medical workers in Cebu City get more help

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In response to reports that several frontline workers fighting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) experienced discrimination and harassment, several establishments in Cebu City offered to provide help to them. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo…

Cebuanos told: Don’t discriminate COVID-19 patients, frontliners

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu officials are asking the public to avoid ostracizing individuals who came in close contact with patients infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and even medical practitioners who are attending to their…

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