URBANFOREST The quarantine facility at the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) property in Entertainment City, Parañaque City, is already the biggest inMetro Manila, but the Department of Tourism has endorsed the further construction of a “megavaccination” complex. Around 500 trees will be felled to give way to the planned vaccination center, according to NPF Executive Director Lucille Karen Malilong-Isberto. —NAYONG PILIPINO FOUNDATION PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — A government mega vaccination hub that can administer as many as 10,000 COVID-19 vaccines daily will open next month, after the project in a Nayong Pilipino property was stalled for months due to opposition from environmental advocates and even from Nayong Pilipino’s own board.
“Yes, it will definitely push through. Opening [is in] August,” said Vince Dizon, deputy chief secretary of the National Task Force Against COVID-19, on Sunday.
The Supreme Court last week junked a petition to stop the project, clearing any legal impediment for civil works on a reclaimed area in Parañaque City.
Business tycoon Enrique Razon Jr. had offered to build a P250-million drive-through and walk-in vaccination facility on a portion of the 10-hectares reclaimed land near the Entertainment City.