Manila Bulletin
Vaccination of health workers to be implemented in less than a month -- Malacañang
The Philippine government aims to complete the vaccination of all medical frontliners against COVID-19 in less than a month once vaccine supplies arrive.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque stated that approximately 1.4 million healthcare workers are prioritized for the initial vaccination rollout.
Around 117,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines from the COVAX facility are expected to arrive this month as the first shipment.
An additional five million vaccine doses from AstraZeneca are also scheduled to arrive soon under the WHO-backed vaccine scheme.
Roque confirmed that the health department has already prepared a list of names for health front-liners, with some institutions like the Philippine General Hospital submitting thousands of names for swift vaccination.
Non-medical personnel in healthcare settings are also included in the first batch of recipients.
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