Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. is lobbying to get 10,000 vaccines a day from the national government in order to further fast track the inoculation of Angeleños.

He made this appeal to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., also the Chief Implementer of National Task Force against COVID-19 on October 4, 2021 during the Resbakuna event at SM City Clark. Deputy Chief Implementer Secretary Vivencio Dizon was also present.

“Sa pagkakataong ito, ako po ay nakikiusap sa ating vaccine czar, Sec. Galvez, [at Sec. Dizon], na kung maaari po ay mabigyan ang Angeles City ng allocation na 10,000 na bakuna, lalong lalo na po para sa first dose,” Lazatin said.

“Nang sa gayon po, patuloy na mapabilis ang pagbabakuna sa mga Angeleños. Rest assured that the Angeles City Government is one with the national government in finally eradicating the COVID-19 pandemic,” he added.

Angeles City now records an average of 10,000 inoculations a day, via 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 a day via the Ronda and Sundo Bakuna sa barangay programs,” Lazatin shared.

To date, 180,320 Angeleños already received their first dose of vaccines while 155,831 are already fully vaccinated.
“Kayang-kaya po nating makapag bakuna ng 10,000 Angeleños kada araw dahil na rin po sa walang kapagurang serbisyo ng 400 staff ng Angeles City Government,” Lazatin furthered.

If the request of Mayor Lazatin is granted and the city is able to finish the vaccination of all Angeleños, he vowed to assist nearby cities and towns in their inoculation roll-out thru the lending of three mobile bus clinics and vaccination teams of the city government.

“As the Mayor of Angeles City, nangangako po ako that once we have inoculated all Angeleños, 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 vowed.

Meanwhile, Lazatin also recognized the importance of the launched VaxCertPH of the Department of Health with the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT).

The VaxCertPH serves as the country’s vaccine certificate system for Overseas Filipino Workers and Filipinos going abroad.

“Sa inilunsad naman po ngayon na VaxCertPH, lalo po itong makakatulong na matukoy ang mga kababayan nating nangangailangan ng agarang proteksyong bakuna, partikular na ang ating mga OFWs,” Lazatin said.