BACOLOD CITY—Mayor Evelio Leonardia has asked the national government to allocate more coronavirus vaccines as the city is being pummeled by a surge in COVID-19 cases.
“We are being hit hard by this new wave of COVID-19 infections,” said Leonardia.
“Ramping up our vaccination program will be critical to saving lives and restoring economic activity in our city,” said Leonardia in a letter dated May 5 to vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr.
Galvez earlier said the government might have to give priority to the vaccination program in Metro Manila and other key urban areas hit hardest by the pandemic, including Bacolod City.
The Department of Health has classified Bacolod as a hi…
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