Residents wait in line to be inoculated at Manila Prince Hotel on Tuesday. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN)
“Kami po ay humihingi ng paumanhin sa kanila sa nangyari kahapon sapagkat limited lamang po ang allocation na binibigay sa amin (We would like to apologize for what happened yesterday. It’s really because the allocation given to us is limited),” Dr. Arnold Pangan, chief of the Manila City Health Office, told DZMM Teleradyo in an interview.
Pangan, however, said the local government of Manila made it clear on Monday (May 17) that the city only has 900 doses of Pfizer left.
“Si Yorme po ay nag report po ‘yan, ini-specify po niya kung sino ang mga priority na dapat bakunahan. Nakasulat sa report niya kung ilan lang po ang numero o dosage na pwedeng ibigay sa pagbabakuna sa araw na ‘yon (Mayor Isko reported on this. He specified which priority groups will be given the vaccine. It was also included in his report the number or dosage that will be allotted for that day of
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Manila Mayor Isko Moreno
Slowly but surely, it is becoming apparent that vaccine hesitancy in the city of Manila is now being eased out and in its place, the public is beginning to place their trust and confidence in getting the jab, owing to the desire to get protected from the severe effects of COVID-19.
As of this writing, I am very happy to note that more than 395,000 individuals have already signified their interest in availing of the free vaccination by having themselves registered with manilacovid19vaccine.com.
We launched this pre-registration before the clock struck 12 on December 31 last year, as a way of ushering in the year 2021.