Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and Senator Sherwin Gatchalian inspected the second phase of the vaccination rollout for thousands of essential workers and economic frontliners in the ongoing “Bakuna by the Sea” at Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao (WIHD) on Friday morning.
“Bakuna by the Sea” is an inoculation drive for tourism sector workers and stakeholders and members of the media in Davao City.
Over 25,000 Dabawenyos are expected to be vaccinated by the end of the phase two in the ongoing “Bakuna by the Sea.”
An initial 14,000 individuals belonging to the tourism industry and allied services were vaccinated in the first phase of the program in August this year.
The site inspection is a joint undertaking of the local government of Davao and the family-owned and operated Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao by the Gatchalian family. It is also part of the company’s corporate social responsibility.
“If we want to go back to business and have at least a semblance of normalcy in our daily lives, we need to vaccinate the people. If we want to achieve the population protection target by the end of the year, we need to do our share to help the government hasten the process. Bayanihan is the key. We cannot just sit idly and watch the cases increase day after day,” Gatchalian said.
Gatchalian has been pushing for the acceleration of the gradual and safe reopening of the economy. In expediting the vaccination program, the senator said that the government would be able to recoup lost jobs and revenues especially if quarantine restrictions wil further ease up. Gatchalian has earlier called on economic managers to devise means to help in the upskilling and reskilling of workers on new technologies.
“Patuloy tayong umaasa na bababa ang bilang ng mga kaso ng nagkakasakit ng Covid-19 kung mas dadami ang mga nabakunahan. Sa pag-aaral ng mga eksperto, lumalabas na mild at hindi malala.ang mga kaso ng mga bakunadong dinapuan ng Covid-19,” Gatchalian said.
The high turnout of those who sought to be vaccinated has prompted the partnership undertaking of Mayor Sara and Sen. Gatchalian to hold another round of vaccination to further expedite the government’s vaccination program in preparation for the gradual resumption of economic activities in Davao once the number of Covid-19 cases starts to slow down.
