MANILA, Philippines — Health workers of San Lazaro Hospital in Manila City on Wednesday received their first dose of new coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Chinese drugmaker Sinovac BioTech.
Their inoculation was part of the government’s initial rollout of its COVID-19 vaccination program using the 600,000 doses of CoronaVac donated by the Chinese government.
Dr. Rontgene Solante, head of San Lazaro Hospital’s AdultInfectious Diseases and TropicalMedicineunit, believed it was better for health workers to get CoronaVac even if its efficacy rate is only at 50.4% than not get immunized at all. Solante was among those vaccinated with the first dose of CoronaVac on Wednesday.
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