MANILA, Philippines — Coron, Palawan Mayor Mario Reyes Jr. on Tuesday appealed to the national government for more vaccines against COVID-19 as the locality is experiencing a surge of infections.
At present, there are 152 active cases in the municipality, forcing the local government to place under lockdown eight out of 20 barangays.
The locality only has 850 available COVID-19 vaccine doses for its over 50,000 population, Reyes said. He added the local government is set to start vaccinations on Wednesday or Thursday.
“Kailangan po namin ng tulong. Kailangan namin nag vaccine dito sa Coron. Ako ay nananawagan na sana ay mabigyan kami ng vaccine. Kulang po ‘yun sa aming pop…
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