ANGELES CITY — Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. has ordered to inoculate all health workers in the public and private hospitals here with their third booster shots via the Ronda Bakuna Bus starting July 17, 2023.
All eligible health workers or those under A1 category will receive bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccines, which is the third booster for frontline healthcare workers, with at least has four months interval from the second booster.
Mayor Lazatin will deploy the city government’s Ronda Bakuna bus in all public and private hospitals to fast-track the inoculation of the health workers.
“Ginagawa po natin ito para sa goal ng siyudad na mabakunahan at bigyan ng dagdag proteksyon ang ating mga health workers dahil nandiyan pa rin po ang virus,” Lazatin said.
The Ronda Bakuna Bus will have doctors, nurses, health workers and support staff from City Health Office led by Dr. Verona Guevarra; Angeles City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office headed by Rodolfo Simeon; Office for Senior Citizens Affairs led by Eduardo Torres; and Gender and Development Office headed by Mina Cabiles.
According to Dr. Guevarra, it is recommended to take the booster shots in order to best stay protected from the virus.
The vaccination will start on July 17, 2023 catering first the health workers from Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center followed by Angeles Medical Center on July 18; Dr. Armando L. Garcia Medical Center Inc. on July 19, 8:30AM to 3PM; R.S. Clinic and Hospital on July 19, 3:15PM to 4:30PM; St. Catherine of Alexandria Foundation and Medical Center on July 20, 8:30AM to 2PM; and Philippine Rehabilitation Institute on July 20, 3PM to 4:30PM.
Further, the Ronda Bakuna Bus will also visit Holy Family Medical Center Inc. on July 24, 8:30AM to 3PM; Jongno East Medical Center Inc. on July 24, 3:30PM to 4:30PM; Sacred Heart Medical Center on July 25-26; and Angeles University Foundation Medical Center on July 31-August 1 to inoculate their health workers.
To recall, Angeles City is the only Local Government Unit which launched a blended vaccination scheme — the Ronda Bakuna sa Barangay and the Sundo Bakuna sa Barangay.
This is being supervised by Lazatin’s Chief Adviser IC Calaguas, the chief implementer of the city government’s vaccination program.
This strategy was commended by the World Health Organization and the Department of Health.
To date, 407,817 Angeleños already received their first dose; 385,705 are fully vaccinated; while 100,032 got their first booster shots; and 15,975 for second booster shots.
