THE city government of Angeles has launched a blended vaccination scheme to provide immediate protection to residents.
Under the scheme, to be called “Sundo Bakuna-Ronda Bakuna,” the city will be fielding a total of six buses and 10 jeepneys to fetch families for vaccination at the City College of Angeles (CCA) starting August 12, 2021.
“Sundo Bakuna” an offshoot of the first “Ronda Bakuna in Angeles City, was launched last Wednesday in Barangay Virgen delos Remedios and continued up to Thursday, from 7 am to 3 pm in Barangay Cutud.
A total of 1,063 residents of the barangay were vaccinated using the mobile clinic under “Ronda Bakuna.”
Chief adviser and tactician IC Calaguas said the “Ronda Bakuna” with its mobile bus clinic will continue to vaccinate families in smaller barangays like Virgen Delos Remedios, Agapito Del Rosario and San Jose.
Calaguas said the Philippine Rabbit buses and jeepneys will fetch families from bigger barangays. “Sundo Bakuna” will kick off in Barangay Cutud and will also cover other barangays such as Pulung Cacutud, Sapa Libutad, Puluing Maragul, Pandan and Balibago.
Personnel from the Gender and Development Office (GAD), City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), Angeles City Economic Development Investment and Promotions Office and Information and Communication Technology Division will give out vaccination forms a day before the scheduled vaccination at the CCA.
“We have to extend the inoculation at the grassroots level by reaching out to those unreached,” according to Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr.
The local chief executive has vowed no one will be left behind in the vaccination program amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country and the threat of the highly transmissible Delta variant,
“Tayo na po ang magsusundo sa mga pami-pamilya upang dalhin sila sa CCA upang magpabakuna. Oobserbahan lamang po ang mga health at security protocols upang maiwasan natin ang pagkumpol kumpol,” said Mayor Lazatin.
The Angeles LGU is also continuously vaccinating bedridden elderly and Persons with Disabilities in the city in a bid to reach out to senior citizens who are unable to go to vaccination centers due to old age and health conditions.
The mobile vaccination of senior citizens and PWDs starts with an assessment by doctors and health workers of Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center and City Health Office, a day before their scheduled vaccination.
The city is now currently vaccinating nearly 6,000 individuals daily in an effort to shield residents from the threat of the new COVID-19 Delta variant.