Published January 6, 2021, 1:48 PM
TACLOBAN CITY
(PNA) – Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez has defended the initiative of members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) to have themselves inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
In a post on the Facebook account of the city government on Tuesday night, Gomez said he did not understand why some people were making a big issue out of the move by the PSG to have the members of President Duterte’s close-in security detail administered with the COVID-19 vaccine since the President needs “protection at all times”.
“The security people of our President will have to be COVID-free. That’s why if there is a vaccination for them, let them be the first one. Let the President and his close-in security be the first one to get the vaccine,” he said.
Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
As of Thursday, December 17, the mayor said the city has 98 COVID-19 active cases, the highest so far since the city government was ordered by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to relax its containment areas for authorized persons outside of residence (APORS).
“I’m left with no choice but to protect our people here in Ormoc City, and to protect the people coming into the city for them not to be infected because I don’t want that when you visit Ormoc, your families will also be infected,” the mayor said.