Tarlac builds own mega Covid-19 vaccine hub

TARLAC CITY, Tarlac – The provincial government here is setting up a mega vaccination facility in preparation for the mass inoculation of Tarlaqueños against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Located at the San Isidro evacuation center in this city, the mega vaccine hub has the capacity to accommodate 1,500 individuals per day.

“We will replicate this hub in the province’s first and second districts,” Gov. Susan Yap said in her video message on Wednesday.

Yap said the priority in the mass vaccination are indigent senior citizens.

The provincial government has allotted some PHP100 million for the purchase of the vaccines.

“We are under negotiations with three suppliers and we expect the vaccines to arrive in the third quarter of the year,” she said.

The governor asked Tarlaqueños not to be afraid of the vaccines as it is the solution to the prevailing pandemic.

So far, some 8,541 front-liners in the fight against coronavirus have been inoculated since the start of the rollout of the vaccination program last March 7.

Meanwhile, Yap ordered the strict implementation of health and safety protocols to prevent a surge in Covid-19 cases across the provi nce.

Celis said it has been 28 days since some 900 medical front-liners in Bulacan received their first dose.

Meanwhile, the Provincial Health Office has received 6,400 Sinovac vaccines to supplement the total 14,400 vials allocated by the DOH.

The province is expected to receive this week an additional 21,000 vials to be distributed to designated vaccination sites in 21 towns and three cities. Online registration for Covid-19 vaccination is also ongoing in the province. As of April 6, there is a total of 19,930 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the province with 3,838 active infections, 15,558 recoveries, and 534 deaths. (PNA)