Manila Bulletin
San Juan City has vaccinated more than 8,000 residents -- Zamora
San Juan City has successfully vaccinated over 8,222 residents against COVID-19 since its inoculation program began on March 6.
Of the vaccinated individuals, 4,170 are medical frontliners and health care workers, 2,443 have comorbidities, and 1,609 are senior citizens.
The city has been vaccinating 600 to 800 individuals daily and has run out of AstraZeneca vaccines but still has 4,000 doses of Sinovac.
San Juan began administering Sinovac to senior citizens on April 13 and is in direct communication with the Department of Health regarding vaccine supply.
The city aims to vaccinate 85,000 residents to achieve herd immunity and has purchased 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines expected by June or July.
Mayor Francis Zamora mentioned that San Juan currently has 1,125 active COVID-19 cases and plans to open container vans as quarantine facilities.
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