Doctors' clinics tapped to give COVID-19 jabs
MANILA, Philippines — COVID-19 vaccines will soon be available in doctors' clinics, officials said Tuesday as the government looks for ways to bring jabs closer to people.
The government’s pandemic task force partnered with the Philippine Medical Association to make life-saving vaccines more accessible to the public.
“We will now allow them to do the vaccination in their clinics kasi ang problema natin mahirap nang hanapin ‘yung iba pa, either nag-iisip na magpabakuna o walang time magpabakuna, those who do not see the urgency,” Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said in a briefing.
(We will now allow them to do the vaccination in their clinics. The problem is it’s hard to find those who have yet to be vaccinated, either still thinking whether to get vaccinated or not or those who are too busy to get jabbed—those who do not see the urgency.)
“This partnership is a way of access para sa kanilang pasyente na nagpapakonsulta sa kanila (for the patients who consult them)… It’s an innovative way of trying to ramp up vaccination,” she added.
The partnership came ahead of the fourth round of the government’s massive COVID-19 immunization push on March 10 to 12.
According to Cabotaje, the initiative will focus on inoculating and administering boosters to people aged 18 and above.
She added that vaccine brand allocation will depend on a clinic’s cold chain capability. Those in hospitals with special storage facilities may be given jabs made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, which must be stored at ultra-low freezing temperatures.
The Philippines earlier tapped pharmacies and clinics such as Healthway and QualiMed Health Network as vaccination sites.
Since March 2021, over 63.6 million Filipinos have completed immunization against COVID-19.
A new thread on the Philippines' vaccination program in 2021 in the government's revised objective to reach "population protection." Bookmark our COVID-19 and Vaccination Dashboard for the latest figures on the pandemic in the Philippines. — Main image: The STAR/Michael Varcas, file
The city government of Valenzuela City announces that it is temporarily suspending the use of Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccines as they wait for more vaccine supplies.
ADVISORY: Pansamantalang inihinto ang pagbabakuna ng Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine sa Valenzuela habang naghihintay ng karagdagang supply. (????: Valenzuela LGU) pic.twitter.com/j4yO52jgMN
— PTVph (@PTVph) August 7, 2023
Pasig City government announces the schedule of COVID-19 vaccination in the city from July 15 until July 28.
It advises residents that first, second dose and first and 2nd booster shots are available on a first come, first serve basis in its designated vaccination sites.
Among the available vaccine brands is Sinovac for 6 years old and above. It adds that there are no Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines yet for residents age 12 and above.
Schedule ng Pagbabakuna sa Pasig City |07/25/2023-07/28/2023 | First Come, First Served Basis
— Pasig Info (@PasigInfo) July 24, 2023
Tingnan ang material para sa vaccination sites kung saan makakapagpa - 1st at 2nd dose, at 1st at 2nd booster shot; at kung ano ang mga dapat dalhin sa araw ng pagbabakuna
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President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to lead the rollout of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccination at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City. — The STAR/Helen Flores
President Marcos will lead the launch of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccination at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City on Wednesday morning. (Photo courtesy of MPC pool) | @helenmflores pic.twitter.com/wbB2An7xgg
— The Philippine Star (@PhilippineStar) June 21, 2023
The Department of Health reminds public that they can still avail of the COVID-19 booster and bivalent booster. It reposted an infographic that determines when it is best to get the first two boosters and the bivalent booster.
Senior citizens and frontline health workers may now get their second booster shots, particularly mRNA jabs such as Moderna and Pfizer, the Department of Health announces. — Gaea Katreena Cabico
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