(MARIKINA PIO/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Teodoro signed Executive Order (EO) No. 1, Series of 2021 to help instill confidence among the city’s residents on the vaccine and to provide them with an efficient and effective inoculation drive against the disease.
The task force is composed of the city mayor as chairperson and the vice-mayor as co-chairperson, and eight medical experts a pulmonologist, an oncologist, a molecular biologist, and five infectious diseases specialists, to guarantee the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines. City department heads and other local officials are also members of the task force.
Under the EO, the task force has the following functions:
FILE: VACCINATION DRILL. “Vaccinated” residents sit in the observation area during Covid-19 vaccination simulation exercises at the Marikina Sports Center, Marikina City on Wednesday (Feb. 3, 2021). They stayed in the area for 30 minutes to monitor for possible side effects. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler)
MANILA – Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro on Thursday signed an executive order (EO) creating a task force that will oversee the city’s vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).Under EO 1 series of 2021, the Marikina City Covid-19 Vaccination Task Force will be in charge of the following functions:
Vaccine Assessment – assess and evaluate the vaccines to be acquired by the city based on its effectiveness, safety, and other considerations such as storage, handling, equipment, and training requirements. It shall include the formulation of eligibility criteria for ensuring that each priority sector of the population will receive and are mat