Palace says ‘won’t rest’ until population protection vs Covid-19 is reached

By Prince Golez

Malacañang on Wednesday assured the Filipino people “will not rest” until the country has achieved population protection against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement in response to the latest Social Weather Stations survey showing that 50 percent of adult Filipinos think that the pace of the government’s rollout of Covid-19 vaccines was slow.

“We recognize that much more needs to be done,” Roque said in a statement.

In the same survey, 68 percent said people have easy access to vaccination sites. Three percent said it was difficult while 29 percent said they have no access at all.

To improve vaccination rates, the secretary said the national government is addressing existing problems and expanding vaccine supplies by purchasing more vaccines, increasing personnel or vaccinators, and having barangay health centers as vaccination sites.

“We are likewise undertaking initiatives, together with our partnership with the local government units and the private sector, such as having malls as vaccination sites, drive-thru vaccination, bakuna all day/night, house-to-house vaccination to inoculate the (elderly and vulnerable populations), to reach more people,” said Roque.

“Rest assured that we will not rest until we achieve population protection, for no one is safe, as the President underscored, until all of us are safe,” he added.

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