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Valenzuela targets COVID-19 vaccination of 320,000 people in one quarter

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<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=1617455" 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>MANILA - Valenzuela City is aiming to immunize 320,000 people or two-thirds of its adult population against the novel coronavirus in one quarter, Mayor Rex Gatchalian said Wednesday.Gatchalian said the 640,000 anti-coronavirus vaccines procured by the city government from British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca and its partner Oxford University were expected to arrive between July to December.&quot;In the case of Valenzuela, we&#x27;re targeting one quarter,&quot; he said. &quot;In fact, as we speak, we have already opened our online portal to allow Valenzuanos to register ahead of time.&quot;To date, some 15,000 people have pre-registered to get the COVID-19 jabs.The mayor said they were launching a massive information campaign to address vaccine hesitancy.&quot;We want to make sure this early [that] we want to convert the &#x27;Nos with reservation&#x27; to a &#x27;Yes&#x27; and register,&quot; he said.To ensure that vaccines wouldn&#x27;t go to waste, Valenzuela City has also prepared a back-up list of possible recipients, which will include civil servants.&quot;We have to remember these are prime commodities. It took long, I mean, it was a long process to get them or even to negotiate for them,&quot; Gatchalian said.&quot;We know that whatever we bought will be depriving somebody else, not just in the Philippines but somewhere else, of a vaccine that&#x27;s much needed.&quot;The city government has already identified 17 vaccination sites and seeks to inoculate at least 3,000 people daily.As of Feb. 9, Valenzuela City has tallied 9,518 coronavirus infections, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ValenzuelaCityGov/photos/10160806094488378" target="_blank">figures from the city&#x27;s health office showed</a>. The tally includes 9,032 recoveries, 270 fatalities and 216 active cases.

Valenzuela City is aiming to immunize 320,000 people or two-thirds of its adult population against the novel coronavirus in one quarter, its mayor said Wednesday.

Valenzuela City is aiming to immunize 320,000 people or two-thirds of its adult population against the novel coronavirus in one quarter, its mayor said Wednesday.