Galvez kicks off AstraZeneca vaccination drive in Parañaque hospital

Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Saturday kick-started the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines developed by AstraZeneca in Parañaque City.

Galvez visited the Ospital ng Parañaque District 2, the first hospital in the Philippines to use the AstraZeneca vaccines, to witness the vaccination drive.

Department of Health-National Capital Region (DOH-NCR) Assistant Director Maria Paz Corrales said that 200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine were given to the Ospital ng Parañaque District 2, according to a report by dzBB’s Luisito Santos.

At least 50 senior health workers in the said hospital are targeted to be vaccinated on Saturday, March 6.

The first health worker to receive the shot was Parañaque City Health Officer Dra. Olga Virtucio.

Parañaque City Health Officer Dra. Olga Virtucio gives the thumbs up sign as she gets inoculated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Ospital ng Parañaque on Saturday, March 6, 2021. The country received its first shipment from the COVAX facility of 487,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Thursday, March 4.  Luisito Santos/Super Radyo dzBB

On Thursday night, the Philippines received its first shipment of 487,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from the WHO-led COVAX Facility. —Ted Cordero/KG, GMA News