Types of hospitals that will receive first batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines

Malacañang announced Friday the types of hospitals whose workers would be among the first to receive the first supplies of COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer.

These are the following hospitals:

a) COVID-19 dedicated hospitals
b) COVID-19 referral hospitals
c) Department of Health-owned hospitals
d) LGU hospitals
e) hospitals for uniformed services/personnel
f) private hospitals

The government earlier announced that healthcare workers and employees of Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (Tala Hospital) in Caloocan City, the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City, and Philippine General Hospital in Manila, would be among the first to receive the vaccine.

The tranche of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (117,000 doses) would arrive through the COVAX Facility in mid-February.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer to secure an emergency use authorization from the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

According to FDA Director General Eric Domingo, the interim data from the ongoing phase 3 trials showed that the Pfizer vaccine has an efficacy of 95% in the study population and at least 92% among all racial groups.

Roque also announced the list of specific priority groups for the government’s COVID-19 vaccination program.

Types of hospitals that will receive first batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines