Angeles City vaccinates 1,335 inmates against COVID-19

Persons deprived of liberty at the Angeles District Jail wait for their turn to be vaccinated against COVID-19. (Photo from the Angeles City government)

ANGELES CITY––The city government vaccinated Monday at least 1,335 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Angeles District Jail.

In a statement, the city government said a mobile bus clinic was dispatched to the district jail managed by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology to administer the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 to the PDLs under the “Ronda Bakuna” program.

Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. said vaccinating the PDLs would minimize the spread of COVID-19 in the jail facility.

Business Permit and Licensing Division chief Evangeline Malonzo, ground commander of the mobile bus clinic, said the mayor had instructed her team to vaccinate PDLs from this city and other areas.

The city government said 170,650 residents here had been vaccinated fully against COVID-19.

On Monday, it registered 10 new COVID-19 cases, 20 recoveries, and a single death. The fatality was a resident of Balibago village.

Since the pandemic began last year, the city had recorded 12,431 cases, of which 11,702 have recovered while 514 have died.

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