A total of 168 members of the Aeta community in Barangay Sapangbato have received their vaccines via the Ronda Bakuna sa Barangay program of Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr.
The said Aetas are from Sitio Target and Sitio Babo, records from the second mobile bus clinic deployed in Sapangbato showed.
A total of 4,481 residents were vaccinated in Barangay Sapangbato — 1,963 on August 31; 1,767 on September 1 and 751 on September 3.
“Natutuwa po tayo na mataas ang tiwala ng ating mga kababayan at kapatid na Aeta sa bakuna, at sila mismo ang pumupunta sa ating mobile bus clinic para magpabakuna,” Lazatin said.
“Vaccines are for protection,” he urges.
The initial schedule of the vaccination in Barangay Sapangbato was set for two days – Aug. 31 to Sept. 1 – but was extended today, Sept. 3, to accommodate the remaining population, especially the Indigenous People, Lazatin’s Chief Adviser IC Calaguas said.
Calaguas, also the city government’s Chief Implementer for vaccination program, said Angeles City recorded the highest single day tally of 1,963 residents vaccinated in Barangay Sapangbato last Aug. 31.
