Bacolodnons urged to get COVID vaccine
BACOLOD City – Mayor Evelio Leonardia said they have started the education campaign on social media to encourage the public to be inoculated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “The journey to a thousand miles begins in a first step,” Leonardia said as COVID-19 vaccines started arriving in the country this month.

By Glazyl Y. Masculino
By Glazyl Y. Masculino
BACOLOD City – Mayor Evelio Leonardia said they have started the education campaign on social media to encourage the public to be inoculated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
“The journey to a thousand miles begins in a first step,” Leonardia said as COVID-19 vaccines started arriving in the country this month.
Leonardia said that people must accept and cooperate since there is no better solution to the pandemic as of now but vaccination.
Leonardia said that people should trust authorities such as the Department of Health (DOH), World Health Organization (WHO), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
“If we cannot trust these institutions, where will we go? If we do not take the vaccine as our solution, what do we do? What is the solution?” Leonardia asked.
Leonardia said that the vaccination program of the government is for the good of the people and their families.
“We have a very stable position in terms of vaccine, we should take advantage of that opportunity,” he added.
Leonardia said he knows there are people who are still hesitant about the vaccine.
“Gapati ko kalabanan sini ga wait and see,” he added.
But he hopes that it will not come to a point that the city will have to implement a “no work, no vaccine” policy. “It should come as a last recourse,” he said.
The city government has already initially paid P31 million to AstraZeneca for the 650,000 doses of COVID vaccines which are expected to arrive starting the third quarter.
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