40 PNP medical frontliners receive Sinovac jabs

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 03/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 40 Philippine National Police (PNP) medical frontliners in Central Visayas received Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine around 3 p.m., today, March 16 at the Regional Health Service (RHS-7) office in Camp Sotero Cabahug,…

Cebu hospitals start rolling out AstraZeneca vaccines

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Some hospitals in Cebu on Tuesday, March 16, started to administer AstraZeneca’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to its workers. A total of 20 hospitals, both private and public, in Central Visayas were…

More Sinovac vaccines arrive in Central Visayas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas has already received a total of 107,160 doses of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines as of March 16. This after the fourth shipment of COVID-19 vaccines, containing 44,800 doses of…

COVID Vaccine Watch: 12k healthcare workers in Region 7 receive Sinovac

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A total of 12,766 healthcare workers in Central Visayas already received the first dose of CoronaVac as of March 13, 2021, or more than a week since the rollout began, the regional health…

2 Mandaue hospitals start vaccine roll-out

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/11/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Mandaue City Hospital and the Chong Hua Hospital Mandaue began their vaccination roll-out on Thursday, March 11, 2021. A total of 343 medical workers were vaccinated in the two hospitals, 75 from…

Region 7 has enough COVID-19 vaccines for all hospital workers – DOH-7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas has already received enough doses of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to ensure all hospital workers in the region get inoculated, the regional health office said. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche,…

88 CCMC workers get vaccinated today

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/10/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Medical Center health workers have finally been vaccinated against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) upon the fervent request of Mayor Edgardo Labella. At least 88 doctors, nurses, and other health…

COVID vaccine rollout starts in Cebu private hospitals

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among healthcare workers from private hospitals in Metro Cebu has begun. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7), said 7,000 medical…

No ‘serious symptoms’ on 42 VSMMC workers with ‘mild reaction’ after Sinovac jab

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 42 healthcare workers from Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) who experienced ‘mild reactions’ after receiving the first dose of Sinovac’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines are now doing fine, the regional…

60K vaccine doses for Region 7’s healthcare workers

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas would need around 60,000 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to vaccinate all of the healthcare workers in the region. But so far, only 24,680 vials of CoronaVac, the COVID-19…

The Sinovac conundrum

Gideon Lasco - @inquirerdotnet 03/05/2021

To be or not to be vaccinated with Sinovac: That is the question health care workers all over the country are facing today. On a personal level, most health care workers believe in vaccination and seek protection…

Day 1 of Cebu’s COVID-19 vaccination: 50 to 70 frontliners from Sotto receive Sinovac

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines  –– Cebu on Thursday, March 4, has officially kicked off its initial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine rollout, barely a year after the first confirmed cases of the infection were reported in the country.…

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