Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar signed an agreement with British drugmaker AstraZeneca for the supply of about 300,000 doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine for the city residents.
Aguilar said the city government already had an agreement with the national government for the allocation of 300,000 doses of vaccines for the COVID-19 vaccination program of the city.
She is hoping that the AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive in the city this July.
The mayor added that the local government’s vaccination program will prioritize the frontliners, medical and health care workers, police, senior citizens, and vulnerable citizens.
On January 6, Aguilar announced that the P200-million budget has been allotted as an augmentation fund to the national government in buying vaccines and to be given for free to all Las Piñas residents.
“Nakahanda ang ating lokal na pamahalaan na maglabas ng karagdagang pondo sa pagbili ng COVID-19 vaccines kung kinakailangan at tuloy-tuloy ang ating pakikipag-ugnayan sa pharmaceutical company upang siguruhing makakuha tayo ng bakuna sa oras na maaprubahan ito ng Inter-Agency Task Force at ng Food and Drug Administration” (The city government is ready to allocate additional funds to buy COVID-19 vaccines and we are continuously coordinating with the pharmaceutical company so that we can immediately acquire the vaccines once it is approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force and the Food and Drug Administration),” Aguilar said.
Aguilar said that she is also hoping the city government could get additional allocation of vaccines from the national government.