DILG: House-to-house vaccination 'risky' amid bad weather

House-to-house vaccination during the implementation of enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila would be risky especially with the inclement weather, an official of the Department of Interior and Local Government has said.

"It’s not feasible during the rainy season. We are putting their health at risk if we do that," DILG spokesman Jonathan Malaya told GMA News Online when asked about conducting home vaccination during ECQ enforcement in the metropolis.

President Rodrigo Duterte has criticized local government units (LGUs) for making people wait in line

Home vaccination remained available only for bed-ridden patients, Malaya said.

Asked if local government units should provide free transportation for vaccine recipients, Malaya said public transportation would be available over the ECQ.

"Those to be vaccinated will have no trouble going to the vaccination sites," Malaya said.

The national government placed the National Capital Region under ECQ from August 6 to August 20 to suppress the spread of the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant. 

While the economy has yet to recover, this is the third time that Metro Manila, center of the country's economy, was put under the strictest form of lockdown due to possible surge of coronavirus disease. —NB, GMA News