DAGUPAN CITY—The city government started injecting coronavirus vaccines into senior citizens on Wednesday (March 31) with a 97-year-old woman and her 67-year-old son getting the first shots.
The city had finished injecting at least 6,000 health workers, which signalled the start of injections for the second group on the priority list, senior citizens.
The city is grappling with an average of two to three COVID-19 cases daily in recent days but this was feared to rise because of a spike in infections outside Pangasinan province, according to Mayor Brian Lim.
“Based on our experience, COVID-19 cases first swell in the National Capital …
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