LUCENA CITY — At least 600 soldiers and medical frontliners from the Philippine Army’s 2nd Infantry Division received the first dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines on March 13.
Captain Jayrald Ternio, chief of the 2nd ID public affairs office, in a press statement said the military hospital has 1,200 vials of Sinovac vaccines that will be injected to the recipients in two doses in an interval of 28 days based on the guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Brigadier General Rommel Tello, 2nd ID deputy commander, was the first to receive the vaccine during the symbolic vaccination rollout ceremony held at Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal.
Tello recognized the …
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