ANDANAR: COVID-19 VACCINE IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE PANDEMIC Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin M. Andanar urged the Filipino people to continue supporting the national government’s vaccination program and, in the process, help the country achieve herd immunity before the end of the year, which serves as the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. “With the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, which signalled the rollout of the national vaccination program nationwide, Caraga INFOCUS
we can now see the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Sec. Andanar during the “Cabinet Report sa Teleradyo” on Friday, March 13, 2021. “The vaccines are now being delivered to our frontliners nationwide. We need to support the government to convince the Filipino people to lessen the doubts about receiving COVID-19 jabs, as it provides benefits against the virus,” Sec. Andanar added. On February 28, 2021,
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte led the arrival ceremony of the first COVID-19 vaccine in the country, around 600,000 doses of CoronaVac, manufactured by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. This kickstarted the official roll out of the nationwide inoculation program, and the first beneficiaries were mainly the healthcare workers and frontliners. Philippine Ambassador to Indonesia H.E. Lee Hiong Tan Wee emphasized that the Indonesian government also experienced the public March 13-19, 2021 |
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