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Manila kicks off drive-thru COVID-19 booster shots for riders

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Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The Manila City government holds a drive-thru booster vaccination for 1,000 motorcycle and bicycle riders. Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/01/08/covid-vaccination.jpg"/><figcaption>The Manila City government holds a drive-thru booster vaccination for 1,000 motorcycle and bicycle riders. <em>Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA— The local government of Manila on Saturday kicked off its drive-thru booster shot vaccination for motorcycle and bicycle riders.</p><p>The special vaccination drive began at 8 a.m. and will continue until 5 p.m.</p><p>Shortly before 8 a.m., however, dozens of riders already flocked to the site at the Kartilya ng Katipunan park near City Hall to queue.</p><p>The Manila government said that 1,000 doses are allotted for the scheduled mass inoculation and would be administered on a first come, first served basis.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/06/22/doh-preparing-for-worst-case-scenario-amid-covid-19-spike">READ: Duque says DOH preparing for &#x27;worst case scenario&#x27; as COVID-19 cases spike</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/06/22/manila-city-govt-offers-free-covid-drugs-swab-tests">READ: Manila City gov&#x27;t offers free COVID-19 drugs, antigen and swab tests - mayor</a></li></ul><p>The boosters are available to residents and non-residents of the city.</p><p>Because the event is expected to gather a sizable crowd, its organizers assigned marshals to ensure compliance with minimum health standards, such as proper wearing of face masks and physical distancing.</p><p>The event is the third mass booster shot vaccination the city government launched this week.</p><div><strong>FROM OUR ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1831797" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>The local government administered booster shots for workers at shopping hub Divisoria last Wednesday and for delivery riders on Friday.</p><p>Based on the LGU’s tally as of Friday, they have administered a total of 155,030 booster shots.</p><p>To date, Manila has fully immunized 1,505,400 individuals.</p><p>The Philippines is racing against time to fully vaccinate the majority of its population from COVID-19 amid the presence of more transmissible variants. </p><p>Data showed that at least 51.6 million individuals are fully immunized from the respiratory disease, while over 57.4 million have received their first shot.</p><p>Nearly 3 million eligible individuals, on the other hand, have received their boosters.</p><p>The arrival of the omicron variant has seen a fresh spike in cases in the country, with figures breaching 21,000 on Friday and the positivity rate at a record 40 percent. </p><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/yFVE69R1WlSdqY3aCsBF" data-title="COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER PH" data-type="interactive"> </div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script>

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Manila kicks off drive-thru COVID-19 booster shots for riders

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Published Jan 08, 2022 09:53 AM PHT

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