MORE than 70% of workers in accredited hotels in Metro Manila have been vaccinated, including those used as quarantine facilities or for staycation and other leisure services, the Department of Tourism (DoT) announced Tuesday.
“The vaccination of our tourism workers is a necessary step to keep them protected while doing their duty in the frontlines. These figures are of high importance especially with the threat of the Delta variant,” Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said in a press statement.
The vaccinated accommodation frontliners total 19,315 or 72% of the 26,745 registered workers.
DoT also reported that it is facilitating the vaccination of workers in accredited restaurants with 1,245 of the 4,479 registered already received jabs as of Aug. 9.
“We are confident that we will be able to vaccinate 100% of tourism workers from DoT-accredited accommodation establishments from Metro Manila before the end of the ECQ (enhanced community quarantine) period,” Ms. Puyat said.
The capital region is under an ECQ, the strictest lockdown level, from Aug. 6 to 20.