SPEED UP VACCINE ROLLOUT, GOVT URGED
SEN. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go called on government officials to speed up the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination program throughout the country so that members of priority groups can get jabs as soon as possible.
“Nananawagan ako sa national government natin, bilisan ninyo ang pagbabakuna dahil nandiyan naman na ang stock, para hindi ma-expire at marami sa mga kapatid natin ang mabakunahan na. Maraming mga Pilipino na ang na-encourage kaya dapat makapagbakuna na sila (I call on the national government to speed up the vaccination since stocks are here, so that these will not expire and more of our brothers and sisters will be vaccinated. Filipinos have been encouraged and they should be vaccinated),” he said during the launch of the 110th Malasakit Center, which he personally attended at the Cotabato Provincial Hospital in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato.
Vaccines, he added, reduce the risk of getting severe Covid-19.
“Unti-unti naman nang dumadating ang mga bakuna pero limitado ang supplies dahil nag-uunahan ang mga bansa.
Kaya sumunod tayo sa priority list para maayos nating mabakunahan ang mga medical frontliners, senior citizens at ang mga persons with comorbidities dahil sila talaga ang dapat na protektado (The vaccines are slowly arriving but the supplies are limited because countries are racing to have it. Let us follow the priority list so we could properly vaccinate the medical frontliners, senior citizens and the persons with comorbidities because they are the ones who need to be protected),” the senator said.
Go called on all Filipinos to support the government’s vaccine drive and its efforts to contain the pandemic.
He added that more Malasakit Centers will open to ensure that medical services will be available to poor patients.
The Cotabato Provincial Hospital is the fourth hospital in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) to open its own Malasakit Center in addition to Dr. Jorge P. Royeca Hospital in General Santos City, South Cotabato Provincial Hospital in Koronadal City and Sultan Kudarat Provincial Hospital in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat.