THE NATIONAL government’s Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) has passed a resolution prioritizing provincial governors and city and municipal mayors in the government’s vaccination program.
They now belong to the A1.5 category of the vaccination program regardless of the risk classification of their respective local governments.
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año praised the IATF-MEID Resolution Number 115-B, saying all governors and mayors are also frontliners and head of their respective Covid task force.
“They are frontliners in our Covid-19 response, as well as the delivery of public service amid the pandemic and they must be in the best of health to be able serve their constituents,” he said, calling the resolution as a “is a good move by the national government.”
He said as elected officials, governors and mayors are expected to always be at the forefront of the health crisis hence increasing their chances of exposure and infection.
“Our governors and mayors are the heads of the local Covid-19 task forces, so it’s just right that they are prioritized since they perform a vital role in defeating the pandemic on the local level. In fact, all major programs of government are implemented locally by the mayors, therefore they are critical to the success of everything that we do,” Año said.
“Sa anuman pong krisis, laging hinahanap ng mga mamamayan ang ating mga LCEs, lalo na ngayong pandemya. Kaya naman buo ang suporta ng DILG sa pagpapasya ng pamahalaan na iangat sa A1.5 vaccination category ang mga pinuno ng pamahalaang lokal,” he added.
Año said governors and mayors are bound by the law to be on top of all the Covid-19 efforts and enforce all related policies and measures, including prevention, detection, isolation, treatment, and rehabilitation efforts.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque echoed Año’s statement, saying “Sila po ang nagpapatupad ng localized lockdown, vaccination. Sila po talaga ang ating instrumento dito sa paglaban natin sa COVID-19. They may not be doctors, but they are equally frontliners dahil lahat po ng istratehiya natin ang mga humaharap po ang mga lokal na opisyales, si mayors at si governor.”
Año said that since the pandemic is still raging, requiring the immediate delivery of services to people in need, governors and mayors are at the forefront in fighting the pandemic and helping people.
Just last month, Sulu Governor Sakur was infected with Covid-19 and had to isolate himself for several weeks until he fully recovered. But Tan is back again working hard in fighting the spread of the deadly respiratory disease. And same with Año, who survived the fatal disease.
Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco also underwent multiple RT-PCR tests after exposing herself to infected constituents and civil employees while fighting the pandemic. (Zamboanga Post)
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