Zambo mayor joins Committee on Vaccine Availment

THE LEAGUE of Cities of the Philippines or LCP has included Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco to sit as member of the Committee on Vaccine Availment along with General Santos City Mayor Ronnel Rivera.

Climaco and Rivera are the only Mindanaoan members to sit in the committee which is tasked to coordinate with the government’s Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases, the Department of Health, the Department of Budget and Management, the Food and Drug Administratio0n and other concerned agencies in facilitating the availment of Covid-19 vaccines for all the 145 cities in the country. 

Climaco’s appointment to the committee was confirmed by Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, the LCP national president. The committee is headed by Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas. Other members of the committee are Balanga City Mayor Francis Garcia and Candon City Mayor Ericson Singson. 

The LCP said it would hold a meeting with Carlito Galvez, the government’s vaccine czar; and representatives from pharmaceutical companies in January to discuss the availability of the vaccines. (Zamboanga Post)

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