Meat-processing firm CDO Foodsphere led a vaccine information campaign for its company executives in preparation of the national vaccine rollout expected to happen early this year.
“It is hard to decide if there is no one there who can provide you with real information directly, that is why we decided to do an information campaign internally,” said president and chief executive Jerome D. Ong.
The learning session, entitled “Handa Ka Na Ba Sa Bakuna?” featured a panel of medical experts and researchers including Dr. Cynthia P. Saloma, executive director of the Philippine Genome Center; Dr. Nina Gloriani, chair of the Department of Science and Technology expert vaccine panel on COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials; and Dr. Reynaldo Mariano, president and chief executive of the Center for Health Services Inc.
Each speaker gave a 30-minute talk followed by question-and-answer towards the end of the virtual session. The activity allowed the participants to get answers on common questions about vaccines and the emerging variants of the virus.
“What CDO Foodsphere is doing is a good practice to help make the general population appreciate the vaccine program. It is always good to begin with the leaders, so that the rest can follow,” said Dr. Gloriani
Dr. Saloma added, “To be able to appreciate the vaccine program, we first need to understand the virus and how it is developing over time. Through this, we will all understand that the effective way to prevent the further spread and mutation of the virus is to continue practicing the minimum health standards. And we need to get vaccinated.”
CDO Foodsphere in November was one of the first batch of companies that secured the initial 2.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine by AstraZeneca, which it expects to arrive this month, at the earliest.
