SAN JOSE, Antique – The chief nurse of the Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital (ASMGH) here said he and other healthcare workers now feel safe after being inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine which provides 100 percent protection from a severe case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
“I feel safe as I attend to the health of other people,” said Czerwin Juales who felt elated since he was the first to get vaccinated by no other than Gov. Rhodora Cadiao, a registered nurse, on March 10.
He considered himself “very fortunate” that it was the governor who gave the first shot of the vaccine to him.
Juales called on other healthcare workers to have themselves vaccinated to be protected from COVID-19.
“If you have a severe case of COVID-10, the Sinovac is very effective,” he stressed.
Cadiao led the Sinovac vaccine rollout in the province at the ASMGH.
She gave the vaccine to the first two healthcare workers and also urged others to avail themselves of the Sinovac vaccine for their protection.
“I appeal to the healthcare workers to be brave and volunteer themselves for vaccination,” Cadiao said.
Presley Racosalem, ASMGH operations support staff, said she only felt a little pain during the injection. She was the second to get the jab from Cadiao.
According to Racosalem, she felt excited when she learned that she would be among the first healthcare workers to receive the vaccine.
“This is for my protection and I thank the Department of Health for the vaccine,” she said.
The 800 vials of Sinovac vaccines were picked up by a team led by Dr. Ric Noel Naciongayo, chief of the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO), from the regional office of the Department of Health (DOH) early Wednesday morning.
He said they target to finish the vaccination for health workers by March 13. (PNA)
