BAGUIO CITY —- Eight Baguio residents, most of them employees of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, were given the first injections of CoronaVac on Friday, as Baguio launched the vaccine rollout for the Cordillera.
Dr. Ricardo Ruez, BGHMC medical director, is the region’s first official beneficiary of the vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
BGHMC has been the primary facility handling coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients since the public health crisis was declared last year.
Ruez said vaccinating the medical staff and all its employees would ensure they would keep serving patients.
Also taking their jabs were BGHMC chief of professiona…
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