Gov. Albert Garcia (rightmost) accepting donation from Gov. Dennis Pineda (to his right). Contributed photo
BALANGA CITY — Gov. Dennis “Delta” Pineda of Pampanga has donated antigen machines and test kits to the provincial government of Bataan for use in the fight against the coronavirus disease.
Gov. Albert Garcia on Friday said he received the 12 iChroma antigen machines and test kits personally delivered by the Pampanga governor at The Bunker, seat of the provincial government.
The machines were in turn distributed to mayors and health officers of the 11 towns and one city who were all thankful to Pineda.
“Malaking tulong ito sa patuloy na paglaban sa Covid-19 at magagamit din sa pagtukoy ng iba pang sakit matapos ang pandemya,” the Bataan governor said.
Vitaline Health Care, Inc. conducted a training and demo on how to operate the Antigen machines.
“Maraming salamat Gov. Delta sa mga tulong sa Bataan,” Garcia said.
Garcia also announced that Bataan is continuously preparing for massive vaccination once the big bulk of anti-Covid vaccines arrive.
“Nagsimula na rin sa siyudad ng Balanga ang pag-angkat ng mga kagamitan para sa masterlisting data at vaccine cold storage, pati na rin ang pagsasagawa ng pagsasanay ng mga personnel na itatalaga sa pagkalap ng data at mga frontliners na siyang mamamahala ng vaccination program,” the Bataan governor said.
He said this was part of a consolidated program launched by the provincial government in the vaccine rollout that included the setting-up of a cold chain facility that can accommodate all brands of vaccines.
“Ang centralized vaccination site na matatagpuan sa Bataan People’s Center at ang 15 satellite inoculation sites na matatagpuan sa lahat ng munisipalidad sa probinsya, kasama ang nasa siyudad ng Balanga, Freeport Area of Bataan sa Mariveles at Petron Refinery sa Limay ay nakahanda na,” Garcia said.
