Capiz guv, two mayors get COVID-19 jabs
ROXAS CITY, Capiz – Capiz Governor Esteban Evan Nonoy Contreras and two municipal mayors in the second district of the province have been inoculated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Department of Health (DOH) Capiz Information Officer Mr. Jeoffrey Espiritu said the two mayors that were vaccinated with Sinovac vaccines

By Felipe V. Celino

By Felipe V. Celino
ROXAS CITY, Capiz – Capiz Governor Esteban Evan Nonoy Contreras and two municipal mayors in the second district of the province have been inoculated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Department of Health (DOH) Capiz Information Officer Mr. Jeoffrey Espiritu said the two mayors that were vaccinated with Sinovac vaccines were Tito Mayo of Cuartero and Mac Valdemar of Jamindan.
Contreras, on the other hand, was inoculated at the Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital Wednesday last week.
The inoculation of the said officials was based on Advisory No. 26 issued by the National COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center last April 5, 2021.
The advisory was signed by DOH Undersecretary Dr. Myrna Cabotaje following a meeting conducted by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF- MEID) allowing the vaccination of the governor and some mayors in critical and high-risk provinces, city and municipalities in the Philippines.
Included in the COVID-19 Vaccination list are six governors and 22 mayors in Western Visayas.
Contreras has contracted COVID-19 twice.
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