Nearly one-fourth of Philippine health workers vaccinated vs COVID-19: official

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/03/24/20210323-covid19-vaccine-qc-frontliners-jc-2.jpg"/><figcaption>Community frontliners and barangay health workers receive their COVID -19 vaccines at the Placido Del Mundo Elementary School in Barangay Talipapa, Quezon City on March 23, 2021. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA — The Philippines has vaccinated nearly a quarter of its frontline health workers against the novel coronavirus, an official leading the inoculation strategy said on Tuesday, as the country battled a surge in infections. </p><p>At least 408,995 medical frontliners have been vaccinated. They represent 24 percent of the country&#x27;s around 1.7 million health workers, said Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID-19. </p><p>The country so far has received 1,125,600 COVID-19 shots, including 600,000 China-donated shots from Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech, and 525,600 jabs of Britain&#x27;s AstraZeneca vaccine secured with the help of the COVAX Facility. </p><p>Authorities expect to receive 2.3 million more vaccine doses this March, said Galvez. </p><p>These include 400,000 Sinovac shots which will be delivered on Wednesday, 979,200 COVAX jabs that may arrive between March 22 and 26, and another 1 million Sinovac doses on March 29, he added. </p><p>The elderly, indigents, and vulnerable sectors who may develop severe COVID-19 symptoms are next in line to get jabs, the official earlier said. </p><p>“Most likely ang makita natin sa massive vaccination natin, mangyayari ngayong May,” Galvez said last week. </p><p>(Most likely, we&#x27;ll see our massive vaccination in May.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/16/21/govt-eyes-general-public-vaccination-by-april-or-may-covid-19-elimination-in-2022">Gov&#x27;t eyes general public vaccination by April or May, COVID-19 &#x27;elimination&#x27; in 2022 </a></li></ul><p>Battling a <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/17/21/philippines-covid-19-outbreak-pandemic-peak-march-2021-like-july-2020-says-doh">surge in COVID-19 cases</a>, the Philippines this year aims to vaccinate 70 million people or two-thirds of its population against the respiratory disease.<br/> </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1645881" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar" style="text-align:center"><em>Video courtesy of PTV </em></div><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/yFVE69R1WlSdqY3aCsBF" data-title="COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER PH" data-type="interactive"> </div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script>

<p>The Philippines has vaccinate nearly a quarter of its frontline health workers against the novel coronavirus, an official leading the inoculation strategy said on Tuesday, as the country battled a surge in infections. </p>

The Philippines has vaccinate nearly a quarter of its frontline health workers against the novel coronavirus, an official leading the inoculation strategy said on Tuesday, as the country battled a surge in infections.

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Nearly one-fourth of Philippine health workers vaccinated vs COVID-19: official

Nearly one-fourth of Philippine health workers vaccinated vs COVID-19: official

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