The Pasay City government on Friday, May 7, opened one of the country’s largest vaccination sites, which targets to inoculate 2,000 individuals daily once COVID-19 vaccine supply is sufficient.

Some 500 senior citizens were scheduled to be vaccinated during a simulation exercise on Friday at The Galeón within the SM Mall of Asia complex, the local government’s partner in the creation of the Giga Vaccination Center.

Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, and Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque attended Friday’s simulation exercise.

Rubiano previously said that the huge facility was “designed to have sufficient space and fitted with an air-conditioning system and TV sets to ensure the public’s convenience while waiting for their turn to be vaccinated.”

The vaccination site also targets to feature a drive-through section. 

As of May 4, 25,137 Pasay residents had been administered with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Pasay encountered COVID-19 vaccine supply problems in mid-April, prompting it to temporarily suspend first-dose vaccinations. 

It resumed administering the, first doses on April 29 after receiving from the national government Sinovac vaccine shots for 3,000 people.

In April, the city government said it expects to receive the 275,000 vaccines that it had bought from Astrazeneca by June or July.

Pasay is dealing with 176 active COVID-19 cases as of May 6, according to the LGU. – Rappler.com