QC grants daily allowance to health volunteer workers in vaccination sites

Quezon City government on Thursday signed an ordinance mandating to provide daily allowance to volunteer health workers helping at the vaccination sites in the locality.

In a statement, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said daily allowance will fund the volunteer workers' transportation and food.

“Malaking tulong na ang serbisyong binibigay nila sa ating lungsod lalo na’t kulang tayo sa mga medical staff gaya ng mga doktor at nars na kwalipikadong magbakuna,” Belmonte added.

(Their services are a big help especially with the shortage of medical staff needed for vaccination centers.)

Under  Ordinance No. SP-3024 s., 2021 or “An Ordinance Granting Daily Allowance to the COVID-19 Vaccination Volunteer Medical Staff," the local government will pay for necessities of volunteer medical staff serving at Quezon City's inoculations sites.

Starting June, any volunteer will be remunerated per day based on the following classification: P2,500 for medical doctors, P1,400 for dentists and nurses, P1,300 for post-graduate interns, P1,000 for other allied medical professionals, and P800 for midwives.—Consuelo Marquez/LDF, GMA News