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Mayor Francis Zamora
“We are happy to announce that as of July 14, the city government of San Juan has already vaccinated a total of 100,217 individuals with their first dose,” San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said in a statement.
“According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the projected population of San Juan for 2021 is 123,031, 70 percent of which is 86,122. Thus, San Juan has already vaccinated 116 percent of its target population. Based on the Asian Development Bank, the 2021 projected population of San Juan is 132,512, 70 percent of which is 92,858. With that, San Juan has already vaccinated 108 percent of its target population,” he added.
Some NCR cities suspend second Sinovac doses due to supply shortage
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 13) - Some cities in Metro Manila suspended their second-dose Sinovac vaccinations after running out of supply from the national government. I was just on the phone with Sec. Vince Dizon earlier because our problem now basically will be the second doses for Sinovac, San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora told CNN Philippines
News Night on Tuesday. Starting tomorrow onwards, those scheduled for second dose of Sinovac here in San Juan will not be able to get their jabs, simply because there is no supply Sinovac at this point, Zamora added.
Mayor Francis Zamora (right) and Rep. Ronaldo Zamora (left)
San Juan City Representative Ronaldo Zamora revealed during an event in the city that he was vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinopharm last December and received two other vaccine doses made by Pfizer as booster shots.
“Kahapon sobrang nagulat (Yesterday I was really surprised) ako when he spoke about it. Yesterday was a milestone here in San Juan because we have reached more than 100 percent of our target population to be vaccinated with one dose, and the moment he spoke and told us about his Sinopharm vaccination which actually shocked me because as far as I’m concerned, what I know is we vaccinated him with two doses of Pfizer here in San Juan and I never knew that he got vaccinated with Sinopharm last December,” Mayor Zamora said in an interview with CNN Philippines.
Mayor Francis Zamora
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said in an interview with CNN Philippines on Tuesday that the city is now facing a vaccine shortage, particularly Sinovac vaccines, after a delay in their delivery to the country.
“I was just on the phone with Secretary Vince Dizon earlier because our problem now basically would be our second doses for Sinovac because as we’ve all read in the news, the deliveries of Sinovac haven’t arrived yet and starting tomorrow onwards, those scheduled for second dose of Sinovac here in San Juan will not be able to get their jabs simply because there’s no supply of Sinovac as of this point,” Zamora said.