WHILE MAYOR Beng Climaco is strongly urging the national government to include local essential workers and uniformed personnel under the A4 priority list in the mass vaccination program to protect them from the deadly Covid-19 disease, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) has begun inoculating those in the National Capital Region.
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| A trike driver not wearing a face mask and face shield waits for passengers in Barangay Tetuan. (Zamboanga Post) |
The IATF-MEID of
the national government expanded the list of individuals for priority
vaccination to the A4 priority list, to include those who work outside their
homes and have high levels of interaction with the public.
To help jumpstart
the safe reopening of the economy, A4 vaccination will also start in areas with
dense economic activity and high risk of exposure to Covid-19 such as the
National Capital Region – the Metropolitan Manila area, Batangas, Cavite,
Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan, Pampanga, Cebu province and Metro Davao, which includes
the cities of Davao; Digos in Davao del Sur province; Tagum,
Panabo and Samal in Davao del Norte province.
Those who were
vaccinated on June 7 under the A4 priority list were call center employees,
travel guides, tricycle drivers, household staffs, SM Supermalls personnel,
representatives from the entertainment sector, drivers, teachers, government
workers, fast food crew workers, food delivery riders, and news reporters from
the Malacanang Press Corps.
But Zamboanga
City, not even Region 9 or Zamboanga Peninsula in Western Mindanao which is
under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ), were not included in the
A4 priority list despite the high number of Covid-19 cases.
In her request to the IATF-MEID, Climaco said: “Hinihiling po namin
na masagawa na po ang pagbukas ng A4 priority category (sa Zamboanga).” And at
the same, the mayor thanked President Rodrigo Duterte and members of the
IATF-MEID for prioritizing Zamboanga City in the allocation of vaccines.
Climaco said the mass vaccination in Zamboanga City continues and
urged residents to register online through - zambocovax.com – or to the nearest
barangay health centers.
More than 42,000 residents, mostly medical frontliners and
healthcare workers and those with comorbidity or other illnesses, had been
inoculated so far with more than 12,000 people fully vaccinated. (Zamboanga
Post, Jasmine Mohammadsali)
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