Dagupan City steps up vaccination program with donated Sinovac shots
The Guanzon Group of Companies (GGC) donated 1,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and P200,000.00 worth of syringes, adhesive plaster, alcohol, cotton, and face masks to Dagupan’s vaccination program. A memorandum of agreement between the company and the city government was also signed Monday as the GGC commits to vaccinate its 4,000 employees. From left: Dr. Dalvie Casilang, team leader of the city’s vaccination program, GGC president Guanson Lo, Mayor Brian Lim, GGC chief executive officer, Engr. Joseph Lo, and City Health Officer Dr. Aurora Cuison. (Photo by Willie Lomibao)
DAGUPAN CITY—A private company has donated 1,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines to the local government, while a group of Filipino-Chinese businessmen bought COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate their employees as the city aims to achieve herd immunity immediately.
On Tuesday, the Guanzon Group of Companies (GGC) turned over the Sinovac vaccines to Mayor Brian Lim, saying it is the company’s way of helping the city government recover from the pandemic.
In a simple turnover ceremony at the vaccination center in the city’s Astrodome, GGC president Guanson Lo encouraged Dagupeños to be inoculated, saying that it is their contribution to the city’s goal to return to normalcy.
Mayor Brian Lim, who thanked the company for its “generosity,” said it was a “testament that if we join efforts to fight the pandemic, nothing is impossible.”
Lo, Lim, and GGC chief-executive-officer Joseph Lo signed an agreement that aside from the donation, the company will also provide vaccines to its 4,000 employees.
Article continues after this advertisementFive GGC employees were inoculated during the turnover as a ceremonial vaccination.
Article continues after this advertisementThe company also donated P200,000 worth of medical supplies, such as alcohol and syringes, to the city health office.
On July 12, members of the Dagupan-Pangasinan Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DPFCCI), started inoculating business owners and their employees using vaccines that the group bought.
The vaccination is held at the Astrodome, where 50 people got the vaccines on the first day.
Earlier, Mayor Lim and DPFCCI president Edward Cham signed an agreement allowing the purchased vaccines to be kept at the city government’s storage facilities.
The city’s medical personnel will also do the vaccination on the group’s officers and members.
As of July 9, a total of 20,958 Dagupeños have been given the first dose, while 8,025 had the second dose.
