THE first batch of 14,400 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines have arrived at the Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 1 in San Fernando City, La Union Thursday at past 4:00 p.m. and distribution to eight referral hospitals that listed 7,097 personnel was done on Friday….
NO TRAVEL PASS, MEDICAL CERTIFICATE NEEDED PRESENTATION of travel authority, medical certificates, negative swab testing results are no longer required from tourists visiting the province unless component local government units require these. This was the directive of the unified travel protocols of the resolution approved by Inter-Agency Task Force for…
CHRISTMAS IN SUMMER – The local government of San Nicolas led by Mayor Mayor Alicia Primicias-Enriquez decided to restore the town’s Christmassy theme ‘Festival of Lights’ to lift the spirit of the town’s residents during the pandemic. (Photo-grab from Facebook)
AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC IT’S not Christmas but Festival of Lights of San Nicolas town has been making waves since Feb. 27 in search of the “warmth of light in the midst of darkness brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.” San Nicolas Mayor Alicia Primicias-Enriquez said if Christmas lights traditionally symbolize…
VACCINES FOR PANGASINAN FRONTLINERS – The heavily guarded 2078 Sinovac vaccines from the region’s Department of Heath are unloaded at the Region 1 Medical Center Friday noon in the presence of Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim and R1MC medical director Dr. Joseph Mejia. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
AS the initial anti-COVID-19 vaccine is yet being awaited in Pangasinan, the number of active cases continues to take a downturn, from 322 last February 25 to 266 as of March 4 . Over the past one week period, there were 50 COVID-19 patients that recovered and were discharged from their confinement and isolation while six…
THE Department of Health – Regional Office 1 (DOH-RO1) expects to receive 12,000 doses from the 600,000 doses of China-donated Sinovac vaccine for initial distribution to the four provinces in the region. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, focal person for COVID-19 of DOH-Center for Health Development Region 1, said the initial delivery…
PROTECTED MEDICAL FRONTLINERS – Dr, Agnes Dimaano, 49, a medical specialist from R1MC’s Department of Pediatrics, is the first recipient of the vaccine in Pangasinan while Gerry Cabanero, 44, another medical frontliner, gamely smiles while being inoculated. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE provincial government continues to prepare for the anticipated roll out of vaccination in towns and cities as experiences of cities in Metro Manila that already rolled out their vaccination programs are being closely monitored. This was assured by Provincial Health Officer Anna De Guzman as she pointed out that…
THE cold storage facilities identified by the provincial government are ready to receive the expected volume of vaccines. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said 215 vaccine refrigerators have been distributed to provincial government hospitals and rural health units but pointed out 32 are still non-functioning, while 11 are…
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