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The Muntinlupa City government has launched its “Bakuna sa Gabi” night vaccination for those belonging to the A4 priority group, or essential workers.

The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Quezon City government on Thursday, August 12, joined forces to vaccinate 5,000 public transport drivers in the city during the Vaccine Express drive-through vaccination that will run until August 13.

Vice President Leni Robredo had nothing but good words for the Quezon City government for the vaccination of 165 staff members at the Office of the Vice President (OVP).

The Vaccine Express will start inoculating tricycle and pedicab drivers, as well as delivery riders, from Manila on Tuesday, June 22, as part of the partnership between the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Manila city government.

The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Manila city government are only waiting for the vaccine supplies to arrive before they roll out a drive-thru vaccination program for all the Tricycle Operators’ and Drivers’ Association (TODA) in Manila.

The Muntinlupa City government has recorded the biggest number of vaccinations on Thursday when it started inoculating individuals belonging to the A4 priority group, or essential workers.

The Muntinlupa City government has started vaccinating the A4 priority group, or essential workers, Thursday.

Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, June 8, appealed to the government to closely monitor the vaccination of economic and government frontliners under the A4 category.

After the national government kicked off the vaccination program for economic and government frontliners (A4), questions arise whether work-from-home (WFH) employees are also qualified to get the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine even if they are not going out of their homes and exposing themselves to the virus.

Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said that work-from-home workers in “temporary work arrangement” are included under the A4 category or frontline personnel in essential sectors in the government’s COVID-19 vaccination program.

The Taguig City government has announced that it will start administering vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for A4 priority group, or essential workers, on Wednesday (June 9).

San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Tuesday that those included in the A4 (economic group) priority group must wait for their confirmatory text before proceeding to their designated vaccination site in the city.

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, June 7, said around 12 million essential workers from Metro Manila and eight other provinces will prioritized in the vaccination of A4 priority group against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Malacañang said that economic frontliners of all ages may now get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but this may not be the case if the country faces a shortage of vaccines.

Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano vowed on Monday (June 7) that the local government would fully-assist in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drive and to heighten its information campaign to address apprehensions or doubts about COVID-19 vaccines in the city.

National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer and Testing Czar Vince Dizon said on Monday, June 7, all employees who need to go out for work are part of the A4 priority group.

The Taguig City Vaccination Task Force has opened the registration for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination for the A4 priority group, or essential workers.

The national government is set to expand its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination to essential workers or those under the A4 priority group on Monday, June 7.