Canning workers vaccinated

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.

OFWs now part of Covid-19 vaccination priority

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.

Covid-19 vaccines reduce risk of infection by 91% for fully vaccinated people

A NEW study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) reduce the risk of infection by 91 percent for fully vaccinated people.

More Covid vaccines arriving

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.

Zambo in talks with other Covid vaccine makers

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.

Zambo’s poor, elderly among Covid vaccine priorities

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.