Mayor Francisco Zamora
(Photo from Mayor Francisco Zamora Facebook page / FILE PHOTO)
He will get his first Sinovac jab after he was given the go signal by his infectious disease doctor Paul Salandanan, Secretary Vince Dizon, deputy chief implementer of the National Action Plan Against COVID-19; and Gloria Balboa, Department of Health (DOH) National Capital Region director.
This came after the DOH announced that recovered COVID-19 patients are no longer required to wait for 90 days before getting the vaccine.
The Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) also allowed mayors in high-risk areas to get vaccinated.