Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said that less than 100 Chinese residents in the city have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after undergoing proper screening.
Rubiano told CNN Philippines' The Source that there were less than 100 Chinese nationals given COVID vaccines under the A2 (senior citizens) and A3 (adult with co-morbidities) categories.
She also said the Chinese nationals who received the vaccine doses are bonafide residents of the city after showing the necessary documents prior to their inoculation.
“Dito po, dahil kaunti pa lang naman talaga ang bakuna, siguro ay wala pa po silang 100,” (Since we don’t have a lot of vaccines yet in the city, there were a hundred of them), Rubiano said.
The mayor also denied giving “special treatment" to the Chinese.
"Wala naman po dahil ang aming pagbabakuna ay very transparent at talaga namang sumusunod kami sa pinaguutos ng IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force) at ng DOH (Department of Health) ( There's no special treatment because our vaccination here is very transparent and we follow the rules set by the IATF and the DOH)," Rubiano said.
She added that city officials are willing to cooperate and submit themselves to any investigation by the DOH.