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CSF Healthcare Workers First To Receive Anti-Covid Vaccines In Pampanga [ Monday, 15th of March 2021 | 1 year ago ]
CITY
OF SAN FERNANDO--About 400 healthcare workers of the Jose B. Lingad Memorial
General Hospital (JBLMGH) in this city received anti-COVID-19 vaccines on
Monday.
Mayor
Edwin “EdSa” Santiago expressed his gratitude to the national government for
including the province of Pampanga in the priority list of its vaccination
rollout program.
“Ang
siyudad po ay natutuwa at nagpapasalamat dahil, sa buong probinsya, mga
healthcare workers dito sa ospital ng San Fernando ang mga unang nakatanggap ng
bakuna. Bigyan po natin ng tiwala ang bakuna at ang pamahalaan po natin na
ginagawa ang lahat para bigyan tayo ng panlaban sa sakit,” the local chief
executive remarked.
The
Central Luzon Center for Health Development (CLCHD) allocated more than 4,000
Sinovac vaccines for the healthcare community in the province and JBL as the
priority hospital.
“Sa
ngayon ang na-receive namin ay 846 vials last Saturday and we will be receiving
the 3,274 additional vaccines maybe by tomorrow or next day. Bale, not less
than 4,000 po yung naka-allocate sa atin. So, we hope to inoculate at least mga
30% ng healthcare workers sa buong province depending sa allocation,” explained
Dr. Montserrat S. Chichioco, JBLMGH chief.
Chichioco
was the first healthcare worker to be inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine.
“Hindi
po siya masakit at mapanganib tulad ng sabi-sabi. Ang importante lang po sa
bakuna ay kaalaman at huwag maniwala sa sabi-sabi lang. We base it on Science.
Huwag matakot sa bakuna dahil lahat po ng bakuna iisa lang ang goal nyan—ang-ma
prevent ang pag-spread ng infection, ma-prevent po yung severe infection and of
course ma-prevent po yung death,” Chichioco said.
Santiago
also assured Fernandinos that the vaccine will be administered to the priority
groups—healthcare workers and front liners first, then senior citizens, down to
the general population.
The
local government already realigned its COVID-19 Local Task Force and its
responsibilities to focus on the rollout of the vaccination program. The LGU
started its COVID-19 vaccination survey thru paper-and-pen and online
procedures with the use of QR Code and Electronic Immunization Registry.
It
is currently in talks with pharmaceutical companies for the preparation and
purchase of vaccines.
The
vaccine rollout was part of the massive campaign of the Department of Health
dubbed as ‘Resbakuna: Kasangga ng Bida’ which kicked off on March 01, 2021,
with the first vaccine dose administered in the Philippine General Hospital
(PGH).
The
national government targets to vaccinate 70 million Filipinos by the end of the
year following the prioritization framework.
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