Published April 24, 2021, 4:13 PM
By JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS
BATANGAS CITY – The long wait is over for A1 priority groups or medical health frontliners from public and private facilities here as their inoculation kicked off at the Batangas City Convention Center Wednesday.
At least 1,051 health professionals from public and private health facilities headed by City Health Officer Dr. Rosanna Barrion have received their first jab of the Sinovac vaccine.
They will be inoculated until the supplies for the first jab last.
In the A1 group are the Barangay Health Workers (BHWs), Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS), Barangay Service Point Officers (BSPO), Barangay Health and Emergency Response Teams (BHERTS), workers at dental clinics, free standing clinics (medical and optical), frontliners in schools, other healthcare facilities, the City Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the City Social Welfare and Development