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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider Marikina City lauded for orderly rollout of Pfizer vaccines

Marikina City lauded for orderly rollout of Pfizer vaccines

Published May 20, 2021 03:51 pm

The Marikina City government was lauded by the Department of Health (DOH) for the orderly rollout of its Pfizer vaccines on Thursday.

Mayor Marcy Teodoro oversees the administering of Pfizer vaccine during the first day of its rollout in the city on Thursday, May 20. (MARIKINA LGU / MANILA BULLETIN)

The local government previously built a fully air-conditioned Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination facility which was cited by Dr. Amelia Medina, medical officer of the DOH-NCR.

“This one is very ideal place for Pfizer vaccinations, iyong lamig, ‘yung environment. Makikita niyo po, napakaayos, may social distancing (the temperature, the environment. As you can see, it's very orderly and there's social distancing)," Medina said.

“Ang gusto na lang po natin iparating sa iba ay sana po lahat ay ganoon sa Marikina. Bago po sila nagbakuna ng Pfizer vaccines ay pinakita muna nila sa amin (We would like to ask the others before they vaccinate using Pfizer vaccines to show us their facility and procedures first, just like what Marikina City did),” she added.

Marikina City Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro attributed the orderly inoculation to the pre-registration conducted by the local government.

Teodoro said 1,100 individuals have pre-registered for the Pfizer vaccine today. Other cities that earlier rolled out the Pfizer vaccine experienced difficulty as many people went to their vaccination sites, aiming to get vaccinated with Pfizer vaccine via walk-in.

The mayor said the national government has allocated 5,700 doses of Pfizer vaccine to Marikina for those listed in the priority group category of the country’s immunization drive against COVID-19, which was set by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Emerging Infectious Diseases.

“Inaasahan natin na bago maubos ‘yung unang batch na inallocate ay makakapagdagdag na ng panibagong batch ng Pfizer para sa Marikina lalo na ngayon na sinabi na rin ng DOH at ng National Vaccination Operation Center na hindi lang qualified ang Marikina kundi very ideal ang setup ng Marikina para sa paggamit ng Pfizer (We hope that more Pfizer vaccines will be delivered here in Marikina before we exhaust the first batch allocated to us, especially now that the DOH and the National Vaccination Operation Center said that the city is very ideal in using the Pfizer vaccines)," he said.

Teodoro said that people should pre-register first to the City Health Office so that they can be included in the master list of vaccine recipients as walk-in is not allowed to prevent overcrowding and ensure that social distancing will be followed.

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