Quezon City taps Tulfo-backed party-list for additional health workers

MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City government inked a deal with the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) to boost its personnel for the megacity's massive COVID-19 vaccination effort.

The partnership ACT-CIS, which committed to provide medical teams, followed the city's previous agreements with malls that serve as drive-thru venues for public inoculation.

Mayor Joy Belmonte said the additional doctors and nurses for "Bayanihan sa Turukan" through the party-list, led by broadcasters Raffy and Erwin Tulfo, will support four of the sites and expand their capacity to accommodate more people.

"Since last year, we have received a myriad of support from different organizations and have established the whole-of-city approach in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic," Belmonte said in a news release.

ACT-CIS won one seat in the 16th Congress and three seats in the 18th Congress as the top party-list in the 2019 elections.

As of May 19,  a total of 272,046 doses were administered to Quezon City residents and workers. Of which, 204,394 were for a first dose while 67, 652 were for a second dose.

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Disclosure: Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte is a shareholder of Philstar Global Corp., which operates digital news outlet Philstar.com.