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Fighting COVID-19 in the Philippines

Dedicated doctors and nurses in the Philippines are giving their all in the battle to stop the spread of COVID-19. On 10 March 2021, health care workers at Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital started to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine provided by the COVAX Facility. Jose Fabella is a national maternal and newborn tertiary hospital recognized by WHO as a role model in the Western Pacific Region for its essential newborn care programs proven to reduce infant morbidity and mortality. “Let’s set aside our fear because at least, with this vaccine, we have hope that COVID-19 will end. It might not be totally eradicated but it will help get us closer to what we knew as normal. Because we have this vaccine now, we feel fully protected when we go on duty. I feel hopeful that this pandemic will end soon and that I can finally go home to my 3-year-old son and husband and hug them, kiss them. That’s the advantage I feel with this vaccine as a healthcare worker. With this vaccine, we feel that we are protected and that we also protect our patients. As health workers, we must not be the carrier, we must be the one protecting patients. We must not get infected so that we can continue our service as healthcare workers.” COVID-19 vaccines supplied by the COVAX Facility to the Philippines started to arrive on 4 March 2021. On 6 March 2021, the vaccines reached health workers.