METRO Cebu ecozone workers accredited by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) are now getting vaccinated under priority group A4 after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) granted its request for inclusion.
Peza Director General Charito Plaza said “all Peza ecozone workers have now been included under the A4 priority group (frontline personnel in essential sectors) in the government’s Covid-19 free vaccination program.”
“This is one way Peza can contribute to the acceleration of the Philippine economy’s full reopening and transition to the new normal,” she said.
According to the Mactan Economic Zone (MEZ), it submitted the masterlist of Peza employees and Lapu-Lapu City (LLC) locators to Mayor Junard Chan’s office and City Health Office on May 28, 2021.
Vaccination of Peza MEZ employees started on May 31, 2021 at designated Lapu-Lapu vaccination areas.
Vaccination of PEZA LLC locators started on June 18, 2021 at LLC Hoops Dome.
Identification of the potential vaccination site in MEZ 1 is still ongoing.
The Peza chief suggested for Peza-registered companies that are already in the process of procuring their own vaccines, supplies and other services for their Covid-19 vaccination to optionally offer these to their workers’ immediate family members.
The vaccination facilities or assistance to workers may be included as an integral activity of the company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects.
“This move is a big help to fast-track the vaccination process of the whole country and in turn contribute to nation-building and recovery by attaining herd immunity,” Plaza said.
Peza said in consideration of the geographical prioritization, vaccine deployment for priority group A4 shall initially be focused on the National Capital Region, Bulacan, Pampanga, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao; and workers from all other areas.
Priority Group A4 includes individuals who are physically reporting to the workplace or currently deployed or assigned to perform field work in the private and public/government sectors and the informal (including self-employed and working in private households) sector.
In situations where there is a limited supply of Covid-19 vaccines, priority may be given to eligible priority group A4 workers within 40 to 59 years old, then to those 18 to 39 years old. (JOB)