Media personality Raffy Tulfo was wrong in claiming that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has prevented the private sector from directly purchasing jabs against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from vaccine manufacturers.
Herd immunity — ang hindi direktang proteksyon ng populasyon mula sa isang nakahahawang sakit — ang target ng karamihan ng mga gobyerno, kabilang ang Pilipinas, na umaasang makamit sa loob ng isa hanggang dalawang taon sa pamamagitan ng pagbabakuna laban sa COVID-19.
Herd immunity ー the indirect protection from an infectious disease among the population ー is the goal that most governments, including the Philippines, hope to achieve in one to two years’ time through vaccination against COVID-19.
Ang kauna-unahang bakuna laban sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sa Pilipinas ay opisyal na pinamahalaan sa Philippine General Hospital (PGH) at limang iba pang mga referral hospital sa Metro Manila noong Marso 1.
The very first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in the Philippines were officially administered at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and five other referral hospitals in Metro Manila on March 1.
Habang inilunsad ng bansa noong Marso 1 ang pinakahihintay nitong vaccination program laban sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), patuloy ang mga salasalabat na pahayag ng Palasyo kung kailan magpapabakuna ang 75-gulang na si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, at kung ito ay ipakikita sa publiko.
As the country launched on March 1 its long-awaited vaccination program against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), conflicting pronouncements from the Palace persist on when President Rodrigo Duterte, at 75, will be inoculated, and whether it would be in public.
Matapos ang limang araw na pagkaantala, ang pinakahihintay na unang shipment ng 600,000 dosis ng bakunang Sinovac mula sa China ay dumating sa bansa noong Linggo, Peb. 28. Nauna nang sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque Jr. na “nakaukit na sa bato” ang delivery ng mga bakuna sa Peb. 23, ngunit naantala ito dahil gusto ng mga manufacturer ang isang indemnity agreement.
After a five-day delay, the much-awaited first shipment of 600,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine from China arrived in the country on Sunday, Feb. 28. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque Jr. earlier said the Feb. 23 delivery was already cast in stone, but it wound up being delayed because manufacturers wanted an indemnity agreement.
As the Philippines officially rolls out today, March 1, its national vaccination program against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it should not sweep some important issues under the rug just because the inoculation drive has begun.
