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2,500 COLLEGE STUDENTS IN TARLAC RECEIVE COVID19 JAB

/ 26 October 2021

SOME 2,500 college students in Tarlac were vaccinated against Covid19 at the Tarlac State University Gymnasium.

The project was launched through the initiative of the Commission on Higher Education in cooperation with the provincial government of Tarlac, City Government of Tarlac, and TSU themed “Padyak para sa Flexible Learning: Sama-samang Vaccination Program for Tertiary Students.”

Tarlac City Mayor Cristy Angeles said the vaccines came from the Department of Health.

Dr. Myrna Q. Mallari, president of TSU, said that the TSU gym will open for a second batch in two weeks, accommodating 15,000 TSU students and 7,000 TAU students.

Tarlac province administers 10,000 vaccinations daily, according to Dr. Corazon Flores, director of the Department of Health Region III.

The province was the first in Northern Luzon to vaccinate students.