The San Juan City local government inaugurated on Tuesday its newest vaccination site in Greenhills Shopping Center to further boost the city's vaccination program.
(Screenshot from Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook Live)
The newest vaccination hub is located at theTheater Mall Cinemas 1 and 2 and
Local governments in the country s capital region say creativity in giving incentives and proper information dissemination are key factors in influencing their constituents to get vaccinated.
DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire The Department of Health (DOH) welcomed the initiative of some local government units (LGUs) to implement incentive programs to encourage their constituents to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Verg
MMDA chairman Benhur Abalos says Metro Manila mayors all agree to extend general community quarantine in the capital region, but with increased capacity for more businesses and with curfew still in place.
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook)
“It’s working for us (General Community Quarantine with heightened restrictions). We’re now down to 170 cases coming from 1,296 last april 12, so that’s a very huge drop in the number of active cases, and for me, I am seeing now that the economy has restarted.” Zamora said in an interview with ANC.
“I usually go around the different commercial areas on a daily basis and I’m observing that people are now starting to come out again. Like I mentioned here in San Juan, 30 percent of our target vaccinees have been vaccinated and this is a major factor in keeping the numbers low. So as long as the cases do not rise, we are now stabilized at around the 160 level only. So if ever the status will change, it should be very gradual, it should be just within the allowable businesses and industries, and possibly just increasing the capacity. We should not rush in opening up too fast. I am in favor of a g