MANILA, Philippines — St. Luke’s Medical Center is asking the national government for an allocation of 5,000 doses of CoronaVac, the COVID-19 vaccine made by Chinese firm Sinovac BioTech, to administer to its personnel in its branches at the Global City in Taguig and in Quezon City, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. revealed Monday.
According to Galvez, who is the vaccine czar, the government will hold a “mini” roll-out of the vaccines in both branches of the hospital.
“We were surprised,” Galvez said in Filipino during the pre-recorded weekly address of President Rodrigo Duterte.
“St. Luke’s is asking the 5,000 vaccine doses of Sinovac for 5,000 of their personnel. As we have seen…
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