{"id":263411,"date":"2020-07-29T21:34:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T01:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=263411"},"modified":"2020-07-29T21:34:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T01:34:37","slug":"makati-front-liners-get-free-flu-pneumonia-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/29\/makati-front-liners-get-free-flu-pneumonia-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"Makati front-liners get free flu, pneumonia vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_216400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216400\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/vaccination-2725065_1920-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-216400 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/vaccination-2725065_1920-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/vaccination-2725065_1920-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/vaccination-2725065_1920-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/vaccination-2725065_1920-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/vaccination-2725065_1920-1-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The city government targets to immunize some 9,706 city hall employees, Binay said. (Pixabay Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Makati City government has provided immunization programs to its healthcare employees and other front-line workers to boost their immune system while serving patients amid the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook statement Wednesday, Mayor Abigal Binay said the local government has already provided free flu vaccines to some 5,130 front-liners and essential workers, including employees of the public safety, rescue, social welfare, sanitation offices, and other essential services in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The city government targets to immunize some 9,706 city hall employees, Binay said.<\/p>\n<p>She ordered the city health office to prioritize the doctors, nurses, and health personnel during the vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy immunizing our front-liners and essential workforce against these two potentially deadly diseases of the respiratory system, we aim to strengthen their resistance to SARS-CoV-2 that causes Covid-19 infection,\u201d she said, noting that the local government&#8217;s health office is scheduled to administer a &#8220;pneumonia vaccine&#8221; for the front-liners by August.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the free vaccines, Binay said, the city government also provides free vitamins to the city&#8217;s frontline workers.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health (DOH) has earlier recommended flu and pneumonia vaccines to prevent additional complications from the dreaded coronavirus disease.<\/p>\n<p>As of July 28, Makati City recorded a total of 1,957 positive cases.<\/p>\n<p>Of the number, 918 are active cases, 913 have recovered and 126 died.<\/p>\n<p>Makati has been testing health workers, suspected coronavirus patients, and other front-liners as part of the city&#8217;s preventive measures and efforts to halt the spread of the disease within communities.<\/p>\n<p>Binay, meanwhile, urged residents to stay home and avoid going outside if it&#8217;s not necessary.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Makati City government has provided immunization programs to its healthcare employees and other front-line workers to boost their &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":216400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-lade-jean-kabagani","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263412,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263411\/revisions\/263412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}