A total of 2,557 senior citizens in the City of Manila have been vaccinated against COVID-19 two days after the city government rolled out its vaccination drive in different barangays.
On Sunday (March 28), the city government deployed 12 high-end ambulances to serve as mobile vaccination stations for senior citizens.
A total of 1,309 senior citizens received their AstraZeneca jabs on Sunday.
Vaccination stations were set up in the following barangays on Monday (March 29):
- DISTRICT IBarangay 32Barangay 128
- DISTRICT IIBarangay 154Barangay 210
- DISTRICT IIIBarangay 345Barangay 377
- DISTRICT IVBarangay 419Barangay 576
- DISTRICT VBarangay 704Barangay 803
- DISTRICT VIBarangay 604Barangay 627
The Manila City government targets to vaccinate around 2,380 seniors who have pre-registered for the vaccine on manilacovid19vaccine.com.
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said that those who have pre-registered will be prioritized while senior citizens who are "walk-in" clients will not be turned away as long as there are vaccines that are still available for them.
Domagoso reiterated his call to everyone to pre-register at manilacovid19vaccine.com for the free vaccines that will be given from the city government.
He also appealed to the public to help the elderly pre-register for the vaccine at the said website.
The Manila mayor said that the Manila Vaccination Plan (MVP) will continue amid the surge of new infections and the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ).
"When we have vaccines on hand, we have to vaccinate right away," he said.