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Published February 22, 2021, 2:48 PM
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said he is now ready and willing to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine from Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac after it received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday, Feb. 22.
READY FOR SINOVAC Manila Mayor Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso meets with the Manila City Council on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 to express his readiness and willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac after it secured Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. (Photo from Manila Public Information Office/ MANILA BULLETIN)
Mayor Isko Moreno
First off, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the bosses of the Manila Bulletin for having given me the great opportunity to be a part of this very prestigious institution.
As of this writing, this humble column is about to turn a year old on January 17 and this, I owe it to our dear editors, staff, and readers who have fully supported me in my first year with this paper.
Again, my profound thanks to all of you and to my Bulletin family. Here’s looking forward to more fruitful years ahead of us…
BATANG MAYNILA
With the vaccines for COVID-19 already available and in fact being rolled out in some countries, we in the city government are inviting all the residents of Manila to register for the free vaccination we intend to implement once the vaccines reach us.
Since we launched the registration about a week ago via www.manilacovid19vaccine.com and invited the citizens of Manila to register, more than 55,000 have already heeded our call as of this writing.
Through an ordinance earlier passed by the Manila City Council headed by Vice Mayor and Presiding Officer Honey Lacuna and Majority floorleader Joel Chua, we were able to allot initially P200 million which we now raised to P250 million, for the purchase of the vaccines. This would be on top of the vaccine allotment by the national government for the city of Manila and modesty aside, we are ready to increase the allocation to up to P1 billion if opportunity allows.
Mayor Isko Moreno
Looking back on the year that was, it can be surmised that if there is anything good that the pandemic was able to do, it was to bring out the best in all of us and I can particulary say so in the case of the city officials, employees, and residents of Manila.
In the case of my beloved Manilans, they were and still are able to prove that they can follow rules to the letter and make the necessary sacrifices, if doing so would benefit the country as a whole. This came to the fore in the case of lockdowns and following mandated health protocols and they do make me proud.