CRIS health workers jab inmates at Angeles City District Jail.
MABALACAT CITY – “No Mabalaqueño will be left behind in the Covid-19 vaccination efforts of the city government.”
Mayor Crisostomo Garbo’s express policy of vax inclusivity earlier realized in those in the peripherals such as tricycle drivers, workers in SMEs – after the priority groups – found its latest manifestation in the inoculation of 300 Mabalaqueño inmates at the Angeles City District Jail on Friday.
The first to respond to the request of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology for local government units to effect the vaccination of their respective constituents at the city jail, Mayor Crisostomo Garbo ordered the Mabalacat City Covid-19 Response Integrated System (CRIS) headed by Dr. Jose Antonio Rivera to immediately extend the city’s immunization program to the inmates. .
“Ang ating mga kababayan na nasa piitan ay hindi dapat ituring na second class citizen pagdating sa usapin ng kalusugan lalo na ngayong tayo ay nasa panahon ng pandemya,” said Garbo.
“Ang inisyatiba nating ito ay pagpapakita ng ating pagkalinga sa ating mga mamamayan at pagrespeto sa kanilang buhay anuman ang kanilang naging pagkakamali sa ating lipunan,” he added.
Recently, Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año assured the public that PDLs are included in the national vaccination program.
Based on DILG’s data, a total of 35 percent of 122,489 PDLs across 467 BJMP detention facilities nationwide have been inoculated against the dreaded disease.
For his part, Garbo vowed to exhaust all available ways to vaccinate Mabalacat City’s eligible population to achieve herd immunity before the year ends.
