Las Pinas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar congratulated the city’s School Division Office (SDO) after being adjudged No. 1 in the National Capital Region (NCR) with the highest number of public school teachers who were vaccinated against COVID-19.
Paul San Miguel, head of the Public Information Office (PIO), said Aguilar was pleased upon learning that out of 4,000 public school teachers in the city, 99.01 percent have already been vaccinated against the virus.
San Miguel said Dr. Joel Torrecampo, officer-in-charge of the office of the School Division, thanked Aguilar for taking care of the health of public school teachers.
He said the NCR Health Unit reported that Las Pinas City SDO was among the top eight cities with the highest number of vaccinated public school teachers.
The PIO chief said second to Las Pinas was Navotas with 98.32 percent, followed by Manila with 97.23 percent, Pasig with 97.15 percent, Valenzuela with 97.07 percent, Pasay with 96.96 percent, Paranaque with 96.94 percent, and Makati with 96.89 percent.