Las Piaas opens 5 additional vaccination sites
Philippine Information Agency
01 Jun 2021, 18:38 GMT+10
QUEZON CITY, June 1 (PIA) Five additional vaccination sites will be opened in Las Pinas City to achieve the local government s goal of inoculating at least 6,000 persons per day against COVID-19.
The Las Pinas City Government s timeline, according to Vice-Mayor April Aguilar-Nery, is to execute its plan of establishing five more vaccination sites within the next two weeks.
It is part of the city government s Ligtas na Las Pineros, Lahat Bakunado vaccination program, Nery said.
To date, a total of 40,000 frontline health workers, senior citizens, and adults with comorbidities have received their first dose of vaccines and 15 for the second dose.
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Since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health workers continue to face risks due to their constant exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. They work long shifts, care for several patients, and endure the psychological impact of seeing a number of people succumb to the virus or its serious complications. The pandemic surge in March and April only added to their burden, having to care for thousands who tested positive per day. Since the start of the pandemic, our frontliners have not rested and have certainly gone beyond their duty.
A study on the mathematical model of COVID-19 transmission between frontliners and the general public showed that both frontliners and the general public should be protected against COVID-19. Prioritizing only the protection of frontliners, the study showed, cannot flatten the epidemic curve. It added that if only the general public were to be protected, there would be a signific
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Vice-Mayor April Aguilar-Nery disclosed the plan of adding five vaccination sites in the next two weeks as part of the city government’s “Ligtas na Las Piñeros, Lahat Bakunado” vaccination program.
During the Bakuna Benefits segment of Angkas chief transport advocate George Royeca, Nery said the city currently has a total of 15 vaccination sites from 10 barangay covered courts, two hospitals the University of Perpetual Help Medical Center and the Las Piñas Doctors Hospital, and three additional sites at the SM Southmall, SM Center, and Robinsons Mall.
The vice-mayor said the city government is planning to add five more vaccination sites since Mayor Imelda Aguilar wants all city residents to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The city also aims to inoculate 300 residents per vaccination site per day for a total of 6,000 persons per day.
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The Las Piñas City government reported that 1,982 medical and health frontliners from different hospitals, public and private, in the city had already vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The city government started its vaccination rollout on March 9 with the theme “Ligtas na Las Pinero, Lahat Bakunado” at the University of Perpetual Help System Dalta, one of the city’s identified vaccination sites.
Medical and healthcare workers of the University of Perpetual Help Medical Center were inoculated with China-made Sinovac vaccines at the start of the vaccination rollout.
Mayor Imelda Aguilar said that frontline employees of the UPMC on March 15 were inoculated with AstraZeneca vaccines.