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Temporary mobile hospital, drive-thru vaccination site soon to rise at Rizal Park

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/04/14/20200404-covid19-lockdown-rizal-park-gcs-1310.jpg"/><figcaption>Rizal Park amid the enhanced community quarantine in this photo taken on April 4, 2020. <em>Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - A temporary mobile hospital and a drive-thru vaccination site will soon rise at the Rizal Park in Manila, the Department of Tourism said Wednesday.</p><p>Manila Mayor Isko Moreno earlier &quot;committed to design, construct, maintain, and manage the hospital &#x27;up to its logical conclusion,&#x27; at no cost to the national government,&quot; the DOT said in a statement.</p><p>The mayor also promised to &quot;restore the Burnham Green area where the hospital will be constructed, back to its original condition,&quot; the agency added.</p><p>The drive-thru vaccination site will be located beside the drive-thru RT-PCR testing facility managed by the City of Manila and the National Parks Development Committee, according to the DOT.</p><p>The testing site has accommodated 100 persons daily for their COVID tests since its launch in July, the agency said.</p><p>The Inter-Agency Task Force Against COVID-19 over the weekend approved the DOT&#x27;s proposal to construct a drive-thru vaccination site at Nayong Pilipino in Paranaque City which can accommodate 12,000 individuals daily.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/11/21/iatf-approves-automatic-contact-tracing-via-text-messages-palace">IATF approves automatic contact tracing via text messages: Palace</a></li></ul><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=1616824" 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>A temporary mobile hospital and a drive-thru vaccination site will soon rise at the Rizal Park in Manila, the Department of Tourism said Wednesday.</p>

A temporary mobile hospital and a drive-thru vaccination site will soon rise at the Rizal Park in Manila, the Department of Tourism said Wednesday.