Manila mayor Moreno orders on-site booster vaccination for construction workers


Moreno (right) at the site of the ongoing construction of Manila Science High School. - PDI Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/?p=1539442#ixzz7HjJBVhsF Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): As part of his continuing campaign to protect as many people as possible amid the Omicron surge hitting the capital, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso on Tuesday (Jan 11) directed the city’s Department of Engineering and Public Works to arrange for on-site booster vaccinations for the thousands of construction workers employed in ongoing projects of the city government.

The 47-year-old local chief executive issued the directive during a visit at the construction site of the 10-storey modern Manila Science High School along Taft Avenue.

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