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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is defined as illness caused by a novel coronavirus now called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

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Be the solution against COVID - Be part of the solution.

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If you are doing your responsibility, you can be safety.

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If you are experiencing like this, you have a COVID-19 Virus.

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Always think what the best for you.

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Here are some facts about the different of vaccines.

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Let's fight for COVID-19, he can't let us down.

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Check out for the available vaccination sites.

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Check out for the available vaccination sites.

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Let's get VACCINATED!

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The priority population groups for COVID-19 immunization are as follows:

Group A:

A1. Frontline workers in health facilities both national and local, public and private, health professionals and non-professionals like students in health and allied professions courses with clinical responsibilities, nursing aides, janitors, barangay health workers, etc.;

A1.1 COVID-19 referral hospitals
A1.2 Hospitals catering to COVID-19 cases
A1.3 Quarantine/isolation facilities
A1.4 Remaining hospitals
A1.5 Government-owned community-based primary care facilities
A1.6 Remaining healthcare facilities (thru LGU)
A1.7 Closed healthcare institutions (such as nursing homes)

A2. Senior citizens;
A3. Adults with comorbidities;
A4. Frontline personnel in essential sectors both public and private, including uniformed personnel, and those working in sectors identified by the IATF that are directly client facing and cannot dutifully meet minimum public health standards; and
A5. Poor population based on National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR)

Group B:

B1. Teachers, social workers;
B2. Other government workers;
B3. Other essential workers;
B4. Socio-demographic groups at significantly higher risk other than senior citizens and poor population based on NHTS-PR;
B5. Overseas Filipino Workers; and
B6. Other remaining workforce

Group C:

Rest of the Filipino population not otherwise included in preceding groups

For priority group A1, all workers in a health facility shall be taken as a group. If the incoming supply of vaccines is lower than the population group to be vaccinated, sub-prioritization of facilities or institutions will be done based on (a) historical admission of COVID-19 cases and (b) allocated and occupied COVID-19 beds, in the following order:

a. COVID-19 referral hospitals designated by the DOH;

b. Public and private hospitals and infirmaries providing COVID-19 care, as prioritized based on service capability, starting from level 3 hospitals, to level 2 hospitals to level 1 hospitals, and then infirmaries;

c. Among hospitals with a common service capability, the order of priority shall be from facilities owned by the DOH, then facilities owned by LGUs, and then facilities owned by private entities;

d. Isolation and quarantine facilities such as temporary treatment and monitoring facilities and converted facilities (e.g. hotels, schools, etc) that cater to COVID-19 suspect, probable, and confirmed cases, close contacts, and travellers in quarantine;

e. Remaining hospitals including facilities of uniformed services not catering to COVID-19 cases;

f. Government owned primary care based facilities such as Urban Health Centers, Rural Health Units and Barangay Health Stations, birthing homes, and Local Health Offices to include members of BHERTS, contact tracers, social workers;

g. Stand-alone facilities, clinics and diagnostic centers, and other facilities otherwise not specified (e.g. clinics, dialysis centers, dental clinics, and COVID-19 laboratories), dealing with COVID-19 cases, contacts, and specimens for research purposes, screening and case management coordinated through their respective local government units; and

h. Closed institutions and settings such as, but not limited to, nursing homes, orphanages, jails, detention centers, correctional facilities, drug treatment and rehabilitation centers, and Bureau of Corrections.

Sub-prioritization for other priority groups shall be released in succeeding issuances.

Based on DM 2021-0099, otherwise known as, Interim Omnibus Guidelines for the Implementation of the National Vaccine Deployment Plan for COVID-19, sub-prioritization shall be determined by DOH upon recommendation of NITAG conducted within a priority population group through selection of geographic areas if there is insufficient incoming supply of vaccines. Sub-prioritization shall be based on:

a. COVID-19 burden of disease (current active cases, attack rate per 100,000 population in the past 4 weeks, and population density); and

b. Vaccination site and/or LGU readiness, in particular, its supply chain capability, to mount a vaccination campaign

The Government plans to vaccinate all eligible Filipinos for free, starting with 50 to 70 million in 2021. Eligibility would depend on the vaccines available, specifications for their allowable use, as well as scope of use authorized by our Philippine FDA.

Commercialization of vaccines with EUA is not yet allowed under relevant FDA issuances.

This will depend on the vaccine. For those currently available, Sinovac can be given to clinically healthy individuals 18 to 59 years old, while AstraZeneca can be given to those 18 years old and above, including senior citizens.

DOH shall develop a Department Memorandum for every COVID vaccine to be deployed in the country and this DM shall indicate the target or recommended age groups per vaccine.

Open to all callers nationwide:

(02)894 COVID or 1555

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 19) August Update- causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology