2,500 Manila medical frontliners get first COVID-19 vaccine dose

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno announced that approximately 2,500 medical frontliners in the city have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since the immunization program began.

The city government resumed its vaccination of its healthcare workers after receiving an additional 1,870 doses of Sinovac and 1,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines.

The new vaccines were immediately deployed to Sta. Ana Hospital and Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center for the vaccine rollout.

Out of 102 health workers in six hospitals who were diagnosed with COVID-19 from March 1 to 17, only ten had received their first vaccine dose before diagnosis.

Mayor Moreno assured that the ten vaccinated frontliners who contracted the virus are in stable condition and possess antibodies to fight the illness.

He reiterated his appeal to doctors, nurses, and other medical frontliners to get vaccinated, emphasizing that "The effective vaccine is the vaccine injected in your arm."

Overall, 3,947 Manila front-liners have been vaccinated so far, with 2,949 receiving Sinovac and 998 receiving AstraZeneca.