San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora (photo from Mayor Francisco Zamora Facebook)
“We have a total of P150 million in our public assistance center. This is not just specific for COVID-19. This is basically a pool of funds that we use for medical assistance. If and when a constituent will need medical attention because of any vaccine side effects, then we can basically just throw out the funds from this P150 million that we have allocated this year,” San Juan City Mayor Francisco Zamora said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC).
The city was previously praised by the Coordinated Operations to Defeat Epidemic (CODE) Team during its visit last February 10 after yielding the highest number of COVID-19 vaccine registrants among cities in the National Capital Region (NCR), and the steadfast information drives and seminars the city government is conducting to allay the residents’ fears and apprehensions over the vaccines.
Published February 3, 2021, 2:37 PM
A total of 18,019 residents of San Juan City have pre-registered to reserve their slots for the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine as of Wednesday.
San Juan City Mayor Francisco Zamora shared the good news on his official Facebook account and said that the Department of Health (DOH) is asking for an updated data for its COVID-19 Electronic Immunization Registry, hence the continuous updating of the city’s data.
San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora (FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
“Para ma-update ang inyong registration at para sa mga bagong magpapa-register, sundan lang po ang link na ito ( http://bit.ly/39Bi7ri ) o i-scan ang QR code (To update your registration and for those who will register, just follow this link ( http://bit.ly/39Bi7ri ) or scan the QR code),” Zamora said.
San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora (FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Executive Order No. FMZ-066 aims to minimize the transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after the city government determined that the celebration of the Chinese New Year on February 12 could be a “superspreader” event.
“In order for the City of San Juan to sustain the gains it has achieved against its battle with COVID-19 and to thwart the current resurgence of the disease and its new strain/variant, it is necessary and proper to regulate any and all events, activities or festivities in the celebration of the 2021 Chinese New Year,” the statement read.
San Juan City Mayor Francisco Zamora was ecstatic with the approval of the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of COVID-19 vaccine maker AstraZeneca by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Thursday.