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

Barangay assisted registrants are inoculated with Aztrazenica vaccines at SM Fairview during the drive thru vaccination program of the Quezon City government on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
The STAR/Michael Varcas

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.

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