National vaccination program rollout begins in some provinces

Some provinces in the country have begun the rollout of the national vaccination program against COVID-19.

In Laoag, Ilocos Norte in Northerm Luzon, the vaccination rollout began on Saturday morning, following the arrival of the first 2,446 doses of Coronavac vaccine on Friday night.

Also, Region 12 in Mindanao was set to begin on Saturday the vaccination process for its medical frontliners.

GMA News' "24-Oras News Alert" reported that nearly 18,000 vials of the Coronavac vaccine for the medical frontliners of the region's 23 COVID-19 referral hospitals arrived on Saturday. —LBG, GMA News