Mexico town to vaccinate 89,287 residents

MEXICO, Pampanga— The Municipal Government of Mexico is set to vaccinate 57.8 percent or 89,287 out of the 154,464 based on a recent meeting with Mayor Teddy Tumang and the members of the Mexico Vaccination Operations

Center Committee.

This as the mayor ordered the immediate determination of the feasible number of people who may receive the initial set of vaccines once these are made available. Of the said number, 39.75 percent or 61,396 individuals are from the eligible population (18-59 years old) and 18.05 percent or 27,891 individuals are from the Primary Vaccine Priority Group.

As announced by the

Municipal Mayor, the Municipal Government will increase its allocation of funds for the procurement of COVID– 19 vaccines from P25,000,000 to P50,000,000.

Tumang also said the two ultra-low temperature freezers to serve as storage for the vaccines will be delivered soon.

Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are the brands of vaccines that the

local government is considering to procure. Tumang said the funding had been made possible through the re-alignment of certain barangay projects. The town had also allocated some P3 million for cold storage facilities at the Mexico Community Hospital as simulations and preparations are being undertaken by health care workers of the local government unit in the event that the vaccine is made available.