“Ang ginagawa po ng DOH lahat ho ng ospital whether public or private ang binigay po ay 300 doses, alam ko po ‘yan, dahil lahat ho kaming mayors nag-uusap kung ilan ang binigay sa aming mga ospital so kami po lahat ay 300 ang binigay,” she said in an interview with reporters.
“In-aasure ho kami ng DOH na pag nag-increase po ‘yung interest sa pagpapabakuna bibigyan ho ng additional,” she added. Meanwhile, OsMak director Dr. Vergel Binay, who was the first to receive the CoronaVac at the hospital, said their healthcare workers were glad about the arrival of the vaccine as the COVID-19 patients in the hospital are mostly “high-risk” to the disease.
“Natutuwa kami kasi nagkaroon na. Mostly nagpupupunta dito sa Ospital ng Makati ay ‘yung tinatawag naming high risk, ‘yung mga severe, kaya kinakailangan talaga na mabigyan po namin ‘yung mga healthcare workers naming ng vaccine so kaya natutuwa po sila na meron na pong vaccine ngayon,” he said in a press briefing.Around 387 staff workers of OsMak have so far been infected by COVID-19, the doctor said.
The first shipment of 600,000 doses of CoronaVac arrived in the Philippines on Sunday. The vaccine was rolled out in different hospitals in Metro Manila on Monday.