Thread by @cnnphilippines

Today is the first day of the COVID-19 immunization drive for medical frontliners at St. Luke's Medical Center-Bonifacio Global City.

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and testing czar Vince Dizon grace the ceremonial vaccination | @gleefjalea

Galvez on arrival of vaccines via COVAX: We are hoping na baka dumating po this week or next week, tayo po ay magkakaroon na ng dosages for our health workers

Galvez: This March, our objective is to vaccinate all healthcare workers nationwide

Galvez: We will preserve the integrity of the institutions so we can withstand in case magkaroon ng increase ng cases sa Metro Manila

Sen. Pia Cayetano, also present in the program, gives a brief speech on govt's COVID efforts: I hate to put it this way as I have experienced online bashing for saying that I thank COVID for the lessons we've learned, because there have been lessons (1/2)

Sen. Pia Cayetano: And it would be the height of stupidity not to learn from this (2/2)

SLMC President Arturo De La Pena on Sinovac doses for their healthcare workers: Kung ano ang nasimulan ng Sinovac, tuluy-tuloy na iyon. Hindi na pwede yung mamili pa. Praktikal lang kami, kung ano iyong available, kinuha na namin

Vaccine czar Galvez on arrival of Pfizer, AstraZeneca doses: I cannot say kung kailan darating dahil nasa call ng WHO po iyon. Let's just wait kasi nasa receiving end lang tayo

Vaccine czar Galvez on warning of OCTA Research on low efficacy of vaccines vs South African variant: Sa ngayon, I believe that based on expert's advice, iyong mga company continually changing, tweaking the booster shots

Vaccine czar Galvez on LGUs appealing to get COVID-19 shots: Nagkaroon tayo ng IATF resolution, iyong 600,000 will only be for health workers

MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia: Lahat ng Metro Manila mayors are more than willing to go first to boost confidence. Pero nakita naman po natin ang reception ng health workers, gustung-gusto na nila. Right now, maganda ang demand, so the mayors are willing to go last

MMDA GM Garcia: Ayaw sayangin ng mayors natin yung isang bakuna na dapat para sa isang doktor