San Luis to raffle cows for vaccinated residents

The town of San Luis in Pampanga is initiating a monthly cow raffle as an incentive for residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, starting in July and lasting for 12 months.

Mayor Jayson Sagum, a doctor, is confident that this initiative will encourage hesitant constituents, particularly senior citizens with comorbidities, to get vaccinated.

The raffle is open to residents who have received their first dose of the vaccine, with the grand prize being a cow valued at P30,000.

The town chose cows as prizes because San Luis is a farming community that also produces tilapia, duck, and rice.

San Luis aims to vaccinate between 40,000 to 50,000 individuals from priority categories A1 to A3.

Despite challenges with vaccine supply, with only a limited number of doses available weekly, the local government hopes this raffle will boost vaccine confidence and help achieve herd immunity.

Other localities have also implemented similar incentives, such as Muntinlupa City's raffle for rice and Guagua, Pampanga's distribution of free vegetable packs to vaccinated senior citizens.