Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Friday that he will soon get vaccinated against COVID-19 AstraZeneca jabs.
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Many private hospital workers who initially expressed reservation on receiving Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine have agreed to be vaccinated after the rollout in public hospitals, Dr. Jose Rene De Grano, president of the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc, said Friday.
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The donated AstraZeneca doses have finally arrived in the Philippines.
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The Philippine government is looking to vaccinate elderly healthcare workers with AstraZeneca vaccine, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Thursday.
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Delaying the vaccination of healthcare workers with the Sinovac COVID-19 jab due to pending approval from the Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC) is a risky move, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Thursday.
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The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is still effective against the South African variant of the coronavirus, WHO Representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said on Thursday.
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Health workers should be prioritized for vaccination using COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX facility, the World Health Organization Country representative Rabindra Abeyasinghe said Thursday.
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Due to global vaccine supply shortage, the plan to implement "no vaccine, no work" policy would cause inequality, said Health undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Thursday.
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The country's healthcare system capacity is still at the safe level despite the spike in COVID-19 cases this week, Department of Health Epidemiology Bureau Director Alethea De Guzman said Wednesday.
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Philippine Red Cross partnered with motorcycle-taxi service provider Angkas to offer home collection of saliva samples for COVID-19 testing, said PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon.
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