An irrigation employee gets jabbed. Contributed photo
CABANATUAN CITY — At least 142 employees of the government’s irrigation agency who fall under the A3 and A4 priority groups had their first dose of Covid-19 vaccines from the provincial government of Nueva Ecija recently.
This was on top of the 70 vaccines that came from the National Irrigation Administration Central Office, according to Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation System department manager Engr. Rosalinda B. Bote.
Bote said the vacccines from the Nueva Ecija provincial government were administered to field and office personnel from various divisions of UPRIIS during the vaccination activity at the Farmers’ Training Center on Sept. 7.
“The employees showed their cooperation as it was proven that vaccination is one of the most effective ways of ending this pandemic,” Bote said of the program that was facilitated by provincial health officer II Dra. Josefina J. Garcia, Dra. Evangeline DG Halili, and other medical field personnel from the provincial government.
The in-house medical nurses from UPRIIS head office and division offices also offered their services by assisting in the registration process, and blood pressure checking of the recipients, she said.
Bote who initiated and personally supervised the mass vaccination program, along with administrative and finance manager Milca B. Cayanga, conveyed gratitude to the provincial government led by Gov. Aurelio M. Umali which also conducted a disinfection activity on the NIA-UPRIIS grounds.
“It further ensures safety and the well-being of NIA-UPRIIS frontliners to be of service to our farmer-clientele,” Bote said.
Their second dose of Covid-19 vaccine is scheduled on Nov. 3, 2021.
