Ilocos Norte front-liners still wary of getting COVID-19 jabs, say execs

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LAOAG CITY —- Some health workers in Ilocos Norte’s public hospitals were still hesitant to get inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) even as initial doses were expected to arrive in the province this week, officials said Thursday.

Dr. Rhuel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person of the Department of Health in Ilocos, on Thursday, said the DOH in Ilocos would be receiving on Friday, March 5, its share from the 600,000 doses of the CoronaVac vaccines donated by China.

The Inquirer learned that the vaccines allocated to Ilocos Norte’s three COVID-19 referral facilities, which have around 1,600 health workers, will be delivered on March 5.

These facilities are the Maria…

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