ANGELES CITY – Delivering on his promise to assist nearby LGUs in their vax rollouts, Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin deployed on Wednesday one mobile vaccination bus and the Ronda Bakuna Bus 1 working staff to vaccinate students, teachers, Army reservists and residents of Magalang at the Pampanga State Agricultural University in the town.
“Nangangako po ako na handa pong ipahiram ng siyudad ang mga mobile vaccination buses at maging ang mga working staff sa mga karatig-bayan upang tulungan po sila sa kanilang pagbabakuna,” Lazatin said.
The vaccines used came from donations of the Department of Health.
The Ronda Bakuna in Magalang is undertaken in coordination with Sen. Bong Go, Pampanga Gov. Dennis “Delta” Pineda and Pampanga 1st District Rep. Carmelo “Jon” Lazatin II.
In the city, Mayor Lazatin also ordered the vaccination of the 12-17 age group starting Nov. 5 via the Sundo Bakuna sa Barangay.
The vaccination of minors, Lazatin said, is set to be finished in 10 days, targeting all minors aged 12-17 in the 33 barangays.
Angeles City now records an average of 10,000 inoculations a day through the blended vaccination schemes Ronda Bakuna sa Barangay and Sundo Bakuna sa Barangay programs of the city government with 400 staff working non-stop led by IC Calaguas, Lazatin’s chief adviser and chief implementer of the city’s vaccination program.
“Sa katunayan po, an average of 10,000 residents of the city are being inoculated in a day via the Ronda and Sundo Bakuna sa barangay programs,” Lazatin shared. “Kayang-kaya po nating makapagbakuna ng 10,000 Angeleños kada araw dahil na rin po sa walang kapagurang serbisyo ng 400 staff ng Angeles City government.”
The Ronda Bakuna sa Barangay is the delivery of vaccination service right at the doorsteps of Angeleño families using three mobile bus clinics, while the Sundo Bakuna sa Barangay program picks up Angeleños from barangays and takes them to the city’s two mega vaccination sites with free services being provided by six Philippine Rabbit buses and 10 jeepneys.
To date, 255,128 Angeleños already received their first dose of vaccines while 177,526 are already fully vaccinated.
