Published July 10, 2021, 2:35 PM
The Muntinlupa City government has already deployed a little over 218,000 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines.
With the first dose vaccination still suspended due to lack of new supply, the Muntinlupa City government is focusing on administering the second dose to residents and workers.
Muntinlupa City Health Officer Dr. Juancho Bunyi (right) observes the vaccination of an employee of FAST Logistics Corp. (Muntinlupa PIO)
As of July 9, 218,064 doses have been administered in Muntinlupa. Of the total, 152,900 individuals got their first dose, or 39.6 percent of the target population of 385,725.
There were also 65,164 individuals who received their second dose, or 16.9 percent of the target population. This is an increase of 14,298 second dose recipients from 50,866 recorded on July 7 and up by 20,706 individuals from 44,458 last July 5.
Published May 14, 2021, 9:59 AM
The Muntinlupa City government will start inoculating residents with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from the national government.
It received 1,170 vials, equivalent to 7,020 doses, of the Pfizer-BioNTech brand Thursday and will administer these from May 14 to 18 at Ayala Malls South Park in Alabang.
On Thursday, officials from the Department of Health (DOH) and National Vaccination Operations Center joined Mayor Jaime Fresnedi in observing the Pfizer-BioNTech simulation activity at Ayala Malls South Park.
Witnessing the event were DOH Disease Prevention and Control Bureau director Dr. Napoleon Arevalo, NVOC execs Dr. Shirly Pador and Dr. Sarah Lazaga, DOH Dir. Gloria Balboa, DOH Dir. Ma. Paz Corrales, Dr. Jose Mari Castro and Dr. Anatoly de los Santos and Muntinlupa City Health Officer Dr. Juancho Bunyi.
Published March 9, 2021, 11:35 AM
Muntinlupa City has received 1,000 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from the national government.
According to Dr. Edwin Dimatatac, medical director of the city-run Ospital ng Muntinlupa (OsMun) in Alabang, the 100 vials, equivalent to 1,000 doses, of the vaccine were delivered to the hospital Tuesday morning.
A hospital worker at Ospital ng Muntinlupa gets vaccinated with AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (Russel dela Cruz / MANILA BULLETIN)
OsMun started vaccinating hospital workers with AstraZeneca vaccine today (March 9). The second dose will be administered on May 4.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends two doses of AstraZeneca with an interval of eight to 12 weeks.
Published February 3, 2021, 10:02 AM
The Muntinlupa City government has identified the high priority groups as it unveiled its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination plan for residents.
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi leads the city’s Vaccination Simulation Exercise in anticipation of the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in the country.
(Muntinlupa PIO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Earlier, the city government announced that it would allot P170 million for the vaccination rollout and has ordered 400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca.
Under its vaccination plan, which was approved by the Muntinlupa City Council and will be submitted to the Department of Health and Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), the top priority for vaccination are medical frontliners.