The Muntinlupa City government will administer the Covid-19 Vaccine Pfizer Bivalent as a third booster shot to senior citizens after hospital workers.
This was announced by City Health Office chief Dr. Juancho Bunyi on July 3 during the flag-raising ceremony at the Muntinlupa City Hall.
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon (left) and Dr. Juancho Bunyi (Photos from Muntinlupa PIO)
The city government rolled out the administration of the Covid-19 Vaccine Pfizer Bivalent or the Tozinameran+Famtozinameran (Comimaty Original/Omicron BA.4-5), to healthcare workers in hospitals on June 23.
“Pag nasaturate na po natin ang lahat ng healthcare workers na nagtatrabaho sa hospital, ibababa na po natin yan sa A2 category. Eto po yung mga senior citizens (If we finish saturating all healthcare workers working in hospitals, we will bring it down to the A2 category. These are the senior citizens),” said Bunyi.
At the city-run Ospital ng Muntinlupa in Alabang, a total of 62 healthcare workers have already been given the third booster shot.
Bunyi said the city government has already delivered the vaccine to private hospitals.
The Department of Health’s Metro Manila Center for Health Development initially allocated 726 vials or 4,356 doses for Muntinlupa for A1 or health workers in hospitals.
Other hospitals in Muntinlupa that got allocation of the new vaccine are Asian Hospital and Medical Center, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Medical Center Muntinlupa, Alabang Medical Center, Alabang Medical Clinic and Muntinlupa Doctors Clinic.