The director of the Philippines’ top public hospital on Monday became the first person to receive a Covid-19 vaccine shot in the country as the government finally rolled out its vaccination drive following delays. DPA said Gerardo Legaspi, director of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), got inoculated with the vaccine manufactured by China’s Sinovac, which was donated by the Chinese government. On Sunday, 600,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine arrived in Manila. The delivery of the vaccine manufactured by the AstraZeneca, which was supposed to arrive Monday, has been delayed by another week due to supply problems, according to Philippine officials. A total of 576,352 are infected in the Philippines, with the Department of Health reporting 2,113 additional coronavirus infections on Sunday.

Source: The Nation March 01, 2021 06:56 UTC