DSWD reaffirms support to mass vaccination against COVID-19
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday, June 10, reiterated its support to the mass vaccination program of the government.

“The Department is one with the rest of the bureaucracy in the goal of mass vaccination for population protection,” DSWD said in a statement.
As part of its commitment to support the government’s vaccination program, DSWD also participated in the ceremonial vaccination of essential workers and economic frontliners under the A4 priority group on June 7 at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.
A total of five frontliners of the DSWD from the National Resource Logistics Management Bureau were inoculated during the symbolic vaccination led by Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III.
One of the volunteer-vaccinees from the DSWD is Crestian Maizo, 35, who - despite having hypertension - did not hesitate to get vaccinated and took the advantage when the call for volunteers was opened.
“I would like to get vaccinated to protect myself from getting the virus. It is also for the safety of my family. I have two children and a wife. This is important most especially for someone who reports to office everyday like me,” Maizo said in Filipino.
DSWD volunteers were part of the momentous vaccination kick off for A4 population with some 50 essential workers, including food delivery riders, fast food chain crew, drivers, celebrities, BPO workers, media practitioners, tourism workers, mall personnel, and other government employees.
Meanwhile, DSWD noted that it continues to coordinate with and assist the DOH in the dissemination of necessary and relevant information regarding the vaccination program of the government.