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CHIEF COVID frontliner Mayor Beng Climaco warned residents not to be complacent and to strictly follow public health protocols due to threats posed by the new coronavirus variant called Omicron.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A local man was inoculated against the deadly Covid-19 disease twice with different brands during a vaccination program in a remote village here, radio reports said on Wednesday.
OVER 45,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from the British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca were delivered to Zamboanga City and officials said some 36,42o additional doses are also expected to arrive soon.
SOME 350 Zamboanga City employees of Century Pacific Food, Inc. were among the latest who had been inoculated with Moderna vaccine against the deadly Covid-19 respiratory disease as part of the collaboration between the local government and the private sector.
THE LUCIO C. Tan Group of Companies has partnered with the City Government for the vaccination of its employees against Covid-19 in Zamboanga.
THE ZAMBOANGA City Bankers and Financiers Association (ZCBFA), Inc. expressed gratitude to the local government and thanked Mayor Beng Climaco for exerting efforts to include those working in banks in the mass vaccination program.
SOME 11,800 doses of Covid-19 vaccines purchased by Climaco administration from the British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have arrived in Zamboanga City.
THE NATIONAL government’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has placed Zamboanga City under the General Community Quarantine classification following the dramatic decrease of Covid-19 cases from over 2,800 to about 500 the past two months.
MAYOR BENG Climaco has urged overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to avail of the vaccination program of the government after the Department of Health (DOH) included them in the A1 category.
AT LEAST 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in the country in the next few months, according to the government.
MASS VACCINATION against the deadly Covid-19 disease continues in Zamboanga City with health workers getting the bulk of the Chinese vaccine Sinovac.
‘Virus, sinisi ni Duterte’
TILA WALA ng paraan o lunas sa patuloy na pagkalat ng Covid-19 sa bansa lalo na ngayon kulang ang supply ng vaccine ng pamahalaan sa kabila ng napakalaking utang ng gobyerno upang sugpuin ang virus.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - With the initial allocation of Covid-19 vaccines for frontline healthcare workers in Northern Mindanao, the National Vaccination Operation Center said the inoculation in the region has attained 90.25 percent coverage.
DAHIL SA kakulangan ng mga Covid-19 vaccines sa bansa, ipinag-utos ngayon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na bigyan muna ng libreng face mask ang mga mamamayan, lalo na ang mga mahihirap na pamilya, bilang panlaban sa nasabing virus.
THE PHILIPPINES said it will not stop the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines despite reports of blood clots in some people who received the shots in several countries in Europe.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Some 10,200 doses of Chinese vaccine Sinovac intended for medical frontliners arrived Friday in Zamboanga City, Mayor Beng Climaco said.
AFTER SIGNING a deal with British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for the purchase of some 410,000 doses of Covid vaccines, Zamboanga Mayor Beng Climaco said recently met with representatives of other vaccine manufacturers for additional doses.
WITH AN initial funding of P200 million for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines, the local government said it will prioritize healthcare workers, essential and other frontline service providers, and vulnerable populations such as the elderly and poor.
‘Beng signs deal with AstraZeneca’
CHIEF COVID frontliner Mayor Beng Climaco has signed a $2 million (or roughly P100 million) deal with British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for the purchase of 410,000 doses of Covid vaccines.
