ILIGAN CITY—Coronavirus vaccination in Northern Mindanao would start on Friday (March 5) with health workers at Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) in Cagayan de Oro City getting the first shots.
President Rodrigo Duterte was widely expected to visit the hospital any time on Friday as a side tri to his meeting in Cagayan de Oro City with agencies involved in projects to end the insurgency.
NMMC is the region’s main COVID-19 referral facility. The Department of Health (DOH) has allocated 1,820 shots for NMMC workers.
“We will start with our COVID-19 dedicated hospitals starting with the level 3 DOH hospital, the Northern Mindanao Medical Center,” said Dr. Ellenietta Gamolo, offic…
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