MANILA, Philippines — While Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian admitted Thursday there was an initial challenge in convincing residents to get their COVID-19 shots, he said the circumstances now are “getting better” through time.
Gatchalian said that when their city government began the vaccination for persons with comorbidities, their appointment turnout was only at 45 to 55 percent.
“The bigger challenge will probably be trying to convince 100 percent of your population to get inoculated. But it’s getting better,” Gatchalian said in an interview with INQUIRER.net’s INQside Look.
“When we started the [vaccination] program, doon sa persons with comorbidities, sa by a…
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