Mayor Abby Binay
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Mayor Abigail Binay said Makati’s P1-billion budget for the procurement of the vaccines and its share of vaccines acquired by the national government will be enough to cover all Makati-based businesses.
“We are confident we will have enough to cover our essential workers who keep businesses running,” she said in a statement.
“We will use the number of employees declared by the businesses in their business permit applications as the basis for the number of employees who will be vaccinated for free. This is our way of helping our economic frontliners.”
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Meanwhile, National Policy Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar, Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr., said he cannot accept Magalong’s resignation. (File photo: National Task Force Against Covid19/Facebook)
MANILA – Top officials of the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 on Friday refused to accept the resignation of Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong as the country’s contact tracing czar, saying it would be a huge loss to the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Magalong was recently criticized over his attendance at a celebrity’s birthday party wherein health protocols such as wearing face masks and physical distancing were violated.
●Zamora Elementary School
The city government has identified which barangays are nearest to each COVID-19 vaccine site.
Each district also has a designated hospital where COVID-19 vaccine patients can be brought to in case of emergencies:
●District 1 – Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center
●District 2 – Ospital ng Tondo
●District 3 – Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital
●District 4 – Ospital ng Sampaloc
●District 5 – Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center
●District 6 – Sta. Ana Hospital
The city’s 12 new high-end ambulances and members of the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), Manila Police District (MPD), and Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau (MTPB) will be deployed to manage emergencies.
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Friday came to the defense of tracing czar and Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong who offered to resign after being criticized for attending a party that was organized by celebrity and event producer Tim Yap.