Bacolod City is setting up a cold storage facility at the Government Center Annex Building for the coming supply of COVID-19 vaccines.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the city government will soon finalize the details on vaccine storage and handling in preparation for the roll-out of the local Covid-19 vaccination program.
“We are now assembling a cold room with air conditioning (temperature) of 16 degrees, where the small refrigerators will be stored. Our allocated space can store as much as two million doses which is more than what we would need,” he added.
Leonardia said the plan is to procure 25 units of small refrigerators which can store some 1.6 million doses.
“It will be set up in the Government Center Annex Building. It is very strategically located. It can serve the whole city,” the mayor said.
Late February, the city government made an initial payment of more than P31 million to AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Philippines Inc. for the procurement of 650,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine intended for 325,000 persons.
The advance payment would ensure the delivery of the vaccines starting the third quarter of the year.
Leonardia, the national president of the League of Cities of the Philippines, also welcomed the official roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination in the country, with front-line medical workers and top government officials in Metro Manila receiving the first shots on Monday, March 1.
“The journey to a thousand miles begins with a first step. At least, we have already started. We should continue with our vaccination campaign. Our people must accept and cooperate,” he said.
Leonardia stressed that there is no solution in sight against COVID-19 except the vaccines.
“In the past (year), things were so dark there were no vaccines then. When the vaccines came, I was one of those who said ‘we now have seen the light at the end of the tunnel’,” he added.
The mayor urged the people of Bacolod to put their trust on the authorities such as the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, and World Health Organization in matters related to COVID-19 vaccines.
“If we cannot trust these institutions, then where do we go? If we will not take the vaccine as our solution, what do we do? If we will not vaccinate our people, we will not know where can we get out of this pandemic,” he added.
In Bacolod, the Emergency Operations Center and the City Health Office have identified 40 vaccination centers that will accommodate residents who will be inoculated against COVID-19.
The city’s goal is to vaccinate 424,992 individuals, or 68 percent of its total population, as the remaining 32 percent consists of 18 years old and below, who cannot be vaccinated.
Each vaccination center could have a daily maximum target of 500 vaccines to be administered, for an estimated 20,000 individuals, if the program goes full speed. – NLG
Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the city government will soon finalize the details on vaccine storage and handling in preparation for the roll-out of the local Covid-19 vaccination program.
“We are now assembling a cold room with air conditioning (temperature) of 16 degrees, where the small refrigerators will be stored. Our allocated space can store as much as two million doses which is more than what we would need,” he added.
Leonardia said the plan is to procure 25 units of small refrigerators which can store some 1.6 million doses.
“It will be set up in the Government Center Annex Building. It is very strategically located. It can serve the whole city,” the mayor said.
Last week, the city government made an initial payment of more than P31 million to AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Philippines Inc. for the procurement of 650,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine intended for 325,000 persons.
The advance payment would ensure the delivery of the vaccines starting the third quarter of the year.
Leonardia, the national president of the League of Cities of the Philippines, also welcomed the official roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination in the country, with front-line medical workers and top government officials in Metro Manila receiving the first shots on Monday.
“The journey to a thousand miles begins with a first step. At least, we have already started. We should continue with our vaccination campaign. Our people must accept and cooperate,” he said.
Leonardia stressed that there is no solution in sight against COVID-19 except the vaccines.
“In the past (year), things were so dark there were no vaccines then. When the vaccines came, I was one of those who said ‘we now have seen the light at the end of the tunnel’,” he added.
The mayor urged the people of Bacolod to put their trust on the authorities such as the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, and World Health Organization in matters related to COVID-19 vaccines.
“If we cannot trust these institutions, then where do we go? If we will not take the vaccine as our solution, what do we do? If we will not vaccinate our people, we will not know where can we get out of this pandemic,” he added.
In Bacolod, the Emergency Operations Center and the City Health Office have identified 40 vaccination centers that will accommodate residents who will be inoculated against COVID-19.
The city’s goal is to vaccinate 424,992 individuals, or 68 percent of its total population, as the remaining 32 percent consists of 18 years old and below, who cannot be vaccinated.
Each vaccination center could have a daily maximum target of 500 vaccines to be administered, for an estimated 20,000 individuals, if the program goes full speed. – NLG
