A UNIVERSITY in Davao City will serve as one of the city's Covid-19 vaccination sites, Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles confirmed in a news report.
In a published report from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) News on Thursday, February 4, Valles said the University of the Immaculate Conception (UIC) recently agreed with the Department of Health to serve as a vaccination center.
"The university is most willing to allow this particular facility to be of help in the vaccination campaign of the DOH," Valles said.
The news report said Bajada campus gym of the UIC will be repurposed as the City Government works to administer the "mass vaccination."
It added that for almost a year now, the university has been "home" to the nurses of the Southern Philippine Medical Center who are attending to Covid-19 patients.
"UIC will always be supportive in any way we can," UIC President Sister Marissa Viri said in the report.
Valles, who also serves as CBCP president, said in a previous report that they are offering church facilities to serve as vaccination hubs ahead of the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines in the country.
"We can offer our church facilities to help in this massive and complicated and very challenging program of vaccination," Valles said in a virtual press conference conducted by CBCP.
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said in a radio interview on Monday, February 1, 2021, that the City Government is considering the offer of Catholic bishops.
The mayor also said the city is considering public schools as vaccination centers, on top of the district and barangay health centers, and hospitals.
On Tuesday, February 2, the City Council passed on third and final reading the Davao City Covid-19 Immunization Program ordinance, wherein it specified the venues wherein the city will conduct its vaccination drive.