Postmaster General Norman Fulgencio of the Philippine Post Office (PPC) has announced that they have conducted and administered the first batch of booster jabs on 1,000 post office frontline personnel and their eligible dependents with the assistance from Presidential Adviser for Covid-19 Response Secretary Vince Dizon and the City of Manila under the leadership of Mayor Isko Moreno.
Another 2,500 doses will be allocated for the second batch of post office employees and their eligible dependents on February 3. “At the start of the year, a total of 3,500 booster shots has been allotted to post office employees and their families which is necessary to protect them against Omicron variant of Covid-19.”, Fulgencio said.
He added, “getting a Covid Vaccine booster shot gives public confidence that we are serving, including post office personnel and letter carriers they are dealing with are fully vaccinated with booster, erasing fear and doubts of acquiring the virus”.
Postal Areas nationwide are advised to coordinate with their local Barangay Health Unit.
“We are taking early guard to make our employees safe against new cases of infection surge across the country,” Fulgencio said. 30