Over 500 vendors and residents living near a public market in Quezon City received primary and booster doses against COVID-19 during the setting-based vaccination initiated by the local government and the Department of Health yesterday.
PNA file photo MANILA - Quezon City residents eligible to receive the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) jabs may now have their vaccination in the city's 66 health centers amid the rising cases of Covid-19 being recorded in the past few days. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Dr. Malu Eleria of the QC Task Force Vax to Normal said this is part of the city's intensified Covid-19 vaccination program. "The QC government is encouraging everyone to complete their primary doses and get boostered. Bukas po ang lahat ng health centers within QC from Monday to Friday para magpabakuna (All our health centers in QC are open from Monday to Friday)," Eleria said. She added, "Bukod po sa health centers, meron po sa mga piling lugar sa inyong barangay na naka-schedule, magtanong lang sa health center staff. Maari din po na mag book online para sa schedule na naayon sa inyong availability (Aside from the health centers, there are other designated areas in your barangays, jus
(Photo courtesy of QC Government Facebook) MANILA - Officials of Quezon City's 142 villages have been ordered to strictly implement the wearing of face masks as the local government retained "yellow" status under its monitoring system due to the continued rise in Covid-19 cases. Face masks must be worn at all times in indoor and outdoor settings, the city government ordered on Friday. The Department of Public Order and Safety and Task Force Disiplina (Discipline) will help village officials in enforcing the use of face masks. In his report, City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit chief Rolando Cruz said that as of Thursday, there are 286 active cases, up from 240 two days earlier. "Our monitoring tells us that the rate of infection is not slowing down. We hope to bring the cases down again before we reach the red status where we can assume community transmission," he said. Cruz said three other indicators have reached the threshold average daily attack
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Quezon City hall (PNA file photo) MANILA - The Quezon City government advised residents who remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to do so as soon as possible amid the rise in new cases. Dr. Malu Eleria of the QC Task Force Vax to Normal reiterated vaccines are the best protection against the dreaded disease. She specifically called on those already eligible for booster shots to avail of the jabs as turnout is still low. "To all QCitizens, we encourage all adults na nabakunahan ng (who have been vaccinated with) two doses to get their booster shots as well as those who were vaccinated with first booster to get the second booster. Both are four months apart from the last shot. We must not be complacent because immunity goes down for some time," she said in a text message. Based on data as of Saturday, the city government has vaccinated 887,630 with the first booster shot and 47,538 with the second shot. Currently, only health care workers, senior