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Types of hospitals that will receive Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses for health workers
By VIRGIL LOPEZ,GMA NewsHealthcare workers will be among the first to receive the initial tranche of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses, Malacañang said Friday.
The allocation framework is as follows:
a) COVID-19 dedicated hospitals
c) Department of Health-owned hospitals
d) LGU hospitals
e) hospitals for uniformed services/personnel
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Earlier, the government said health workers and employees of Philippine General Hospital in Manila, the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City, and the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (Tala Hospital) in Caloocan City will be among the first to be vaccinated.
The Philippines will initially receive 117,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine through the COVAX Facility in mid-February.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first to secure an emergency use authorization from the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
FDA Director General Eric Domingo said last month that interim data from the ongoing phase 3 trials showed that the vaccine has an efficacy of 95% in the study population and at least 92% among all racial groups.
The vaccine requires ultra cold storage. —KBK, GMA News