Quezon City solon pushes for drive-thru COVID vaccination

Quezon City Representative Precious Hipolito Castelo on Sunday said she has filed a resolution urging the government to allow drive-in COVID-19 vaccination to boost herd immunity in the country.

In an interview on "Super Radyo dzBB," Castelo said she filed House Resolution 1733 because opening schools  as vaccination centers is not enough to fast-track the country's mass immunization against COVID-19.

Castelo added that drive-thru vaccination is needed as most Filipinos also do not have access to the internet or computers to schedule vaccination online.

"Hindi na ito yung pagpapa-appointment online. Alam naman natin na mahirap mag-schedule online" (this is not like getting an appointment online. We know that it's difficult to get an appointment through it), she said.

"Hindi naman lahat may Wi-Fi at desktop so payagan na dapat ng gobyerno ang walk-in, drive-thru at drive in" (not all Filipinos have internet access, so the needs to allow walk-in or drive-thru vacciantion), added Castelo.

With more supplies arriving in the next few months, Castelo urged the government to ensure that it is ready with a system to administer the vaccines.

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. had said the government expects inoculation for the general public by August.

DOH records show that so far 1.8 million Filipinos have been injected with COVID-19 vaccines at 3,415 vaccination sites all over the country.

Using AstraZeneca and Sinovac, the government has already started the vaccination of senior citizens, people with comorbidities and workers in health facilities. —LBG, GMA News