Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City
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This is after only 28 local chief executives (LCEs) in Western Visayas region were included in the Category A4, which is fourth in line, for the massive vaccination program of the government.
In a letter to the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force, Treñas requested for equal access to COVID-19 vaccines to all local chief executives (LCEs) in the region comprising of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental provinces as well as the highly urbanized cities of Iloilo and Bacolod. In addition, members of the local IATF must also be included in Category A4.
The Iloilo Provincial Capitol grounds. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin)
This is after Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo province and Mayor Jerry Treñas issued new orders Tuesday.
As of April 6, the Western Visayas regional office of the Department of Health (DOH-6) has recorded 413 active cases of COVID-19 in Iloilo province and another 348 cases in Iloilo City.
Defensor has directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the 42 towns and component city and local government officials including barangay (village) officials to strictly implement the ban on social gatherings. The ban includes birthdays, fiestas, wedding receptions, baptismal banquests, anniversary celebration, and other similar gatherings.
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Health chief, labor group against no vaccine, no work plan
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 3) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III is against proposals to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 first before they are allowed to physically return to work.
He said that the Inter-Agency Task Force has not discussed it yet, but he is personally against the idea because of supply shortage. He added that it is unnecessary because workers have been reporting to work even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kung meron mang ganung panukala o mungkahi ay kinakailangan pag-aralan. Pero kung ako, hindi ako papayag na no vaccine, no work policy, he said during the vaccination program at the East Avenue Medical Center on Wednesday.
Published February 22, 2021, 11:01 AM
ILOILO CITY Mayor Jerry Treñas here is eyeing to make vaccination against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory for workers in this city, the regional capital of Western Visayas.
Mayor Jerry Treñas (standing in white polo shirt) of Iloilo City observes a recent simulation exercise as the local government prepares for its COVID-19 vaccination program. (Arnold Almacen/CMO)
Treñas revealed over the weekend that he plans to issue an executive order (EO) for the “no vaccination, no work” policy.
This came after a survey showed that 71 percent of respondents refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine
based on the Vaccine Consent Form distributed in the 180 barangays (villages) here.