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(Fight New Crown Pneumonia) More than 680,000 doctors in the Philippines have been vaccinated against new crown pneumonia and started vaccinating the elderly.
China News Agency, Manila, March 30 (Reporter Guan Xiangdong) Philippine Presidential Spokesman Harry Locke announced at 30 local time that since the launch of the universal immunization program on March 1, 688,018 first-rate medical personnel line in the Philippines has designated 2,497. vaccinated against the new crown.
According to the Philippine government general coordinator of the new corona epidemic, Carlito Gálvez (Carlito Gálvez Jr.) suggested that while continuing to vaccinate medical personnel, the government began to arrange for the elderly and people with underlying diseases to be vaccinated. to relieve this group. people The burden of hospitalization.
On the same day, Lolita Ching, an elderly Filipino-Chinese woman living in Manila’s Chinatown, received a notice from the Manila city government and arrived at a designated location to receive the first injection of the new crown vaccine. Lolita belongs to group A2 of the Philippine government’s universal immunization program, that is, people over 60 years of age. She told a reporter for the China News Agency that Manila had deployed vaccination work as early as January. “Right now, the epidemic is getting more and more serious. I feel very relieved after receiving the text message notification from the government for the vaccination.
The new director of the Philippine government’s corona virus testing project, Vivencio Dizon (Vivencio Dizon), announced on the same day that during the week of March 22-28, the country’s average daily COVID-19 test exceeded 50,000. . tested on more than 10 million people.
In accordance with the requirements of the Philippine Interagency Task Force for the Management of New Infectious Diseases, Manila will be “closed” for another week from March 29 to April 4, and the government will organize staff to conduct door-to-door testing. , identify patients with new crowns, isolate them and carry out a follow-up. Close contacts.
According to data from the Philippine Ministry of Health on the 30th, that day 9296 new cases were confirmed, a total of 741,181 confirmed cases, a total of 13,191 deaths and 603,310 recovered cases. (End up)