President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the implementation of the first round of vaccinations to start in the first week of March according to Senator Bong Go.
The details of the vaccination rollout will be disclosed further by vaccine czar Carlito Galvez.
“Inatasan ni Pangulo Duterte na sa susunod na linggo umpisahan na agad ang pagtuturok ng mga bakuna, especially sa mga priority natin, sa mga frontliners, indigent na senior citizens para unti-unti na tayong makabalik sa normal nating pamumuhay,” Go said.
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“First week of March darating rin ang unang batch ng bakuna sa Visayas at Mindanao. Pagkarating nito, susunod na araw pwede na mag-inoculate,” Go added.
Around 600,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine will be delivered on Sunday which will be personally welcomed by Duterte.
525,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines will also arrive on Monday from the World Health Organization’s COVAX facility.
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Go said that Duterte has ordered that vaccines will be stored in strategic places.
“Of course, sa Visayas, sa mga naka-ready na pasilidad doon sa hospital sa Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (sa Cebu City). Sa Davao City, sa Southern Philippines Medical Center dahil nakapaghanda na rin sila doon…Ang gusto ni Pangulo distributed [ang mga bakuna] all over the country,” Go said. (TDT)
