SURPASSING its daily target of 6,000 jabs, the Angeles City government has inoculated more than 12,000 Angeleños in two consecutive days.
The vaccines were administered on August 11 with 6,094 residents inoculated, and August 12 with 6,017 residents inoculated.
Mayor Carmelo "Pogi" Lazatin Jr.'s Chief Adviser IC Calaguas said the inoculations on the said dates surpassed the 5,817 vaccinated on August 6, and 4,714 on August 5.
With the launching of the family vaccination programs -- the Ronda Bakuna sa Barangay and the Sundo Bakuna sa Barangay -- the city government aims to get closer towards herd immunity.
Ronda Bakuna is being implemented in villages with small populations using a mobile clinic and an ambulance, while the Sundo Bakuna is for villages with six Philippine Rabbit buses and 10 jeepneys fetching families going to City College of Angeles (CCA) for vaccination.
To date, the city government has vaccinated 109,875 for the first dose or 23.73 percent of the city's 462,928 population, while 64,794 or 14 percent were already vaccinated.
The vaccines administered -- Astrazeneca, Sinovac, Pfizer, and Johnson and Johnson -- were initially donated by the Department of Health (DOH).
With this, the DOH-Central Luzon recognized Angeles City as one of the top-performing local government units in terms of vaccination,exceeding the 3,700-ceiling set by the DOH.
Mayor Lazatin said this would not be possible if not for the hard work of vaccination teams, rain or shine.
The vaccination teams are composed of Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel and employees from City Health Office, Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center, Mayor's Office, Gender and Development Office, City Social Welfare and Development Office, Angeles City Tourism Auxiliary, Angeles City Barangay Outreach, Business Permit and Licensing Division, Angeles City Tourism Office, Blood Bank, Angeles City Trafffic Development Office, Angeles City Police Office, City Nutrition Office, Office for the Senior Citizens Affairs, and CCA.