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The answer varies, depending on which local government unit (LGU) you ask.
Last month, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said the Provincial Government would wait for the National Government to issue guidelines. After all, the final decision rests on the latter. And even if the LGU decides to buy a vaccine of its own choice, Manila still needs to be a party to the sale.
Anyway, she would rather focus on programs to help small businesses that have been affected by the economic downturn as a result of the long lockdown to prevent the spread of the disease.
In Cebu City, Mayor Edgardo Labella initially said he would adopt a wait-and-see attitude, but he also announced that the City had allocated a P500 million budget for the purchase of vaccines.
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Melquiades Feliciano, EOC icon, Generic vaccines, Mike Rama (File photos)
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SITUATION ON COVID SPIKE. Retired general Melquiades Feliciano, Visayas chief implementer of the national task force against Covid-19, told the Cebu City Council Wednesday, February 3, that the increase to double-digit figures in positive cases in the city in January, from single-digit numbers in December, were caused by:
(a) Christmas activities and other mass gatherings of people and relaxed enforcement of health protocols during the holidays;
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Cebu City Mayor Edgar Labella says residents have the right to choose the brand of COVID-19 vaccine they want, as funds for the vaccine procurement came from taxpayers.