Pasig begins inoculating health workers with AstraZeneca's COVID-19 jabs

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<p>Pasig City has begun inoculating health frontliners with AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccines, Mayor Vico Sotto said Tuesday.<br /> </p>

Pasig City has begun inoculating health frontliners with AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccines, Mayor Vico Sotto said Tuesday.

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Pasig begins inoculating health workers with AstraZeneca's COVID-19 jabs

Pasig begins inoculating health workers with AstraZeneca's COVID-19 jabs

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Published Mar 09, 2021 10:45 AM PHT

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Updated Mar 09, 2021 11:06 AM PHT

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