THE CITY government of Angeles in Pampanga province will provide Covid19 booster shots to 53 public schools and their teachers to ensure the safety of all stakeholders when face-to-face classes resume on August 22.

Through its “Ronda Bakuna Bus” program, Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. said a bus will be deployed at the Angeles Elementary School from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 23.

“Ngayon pong magbabalik na ang face-to-face classes, we need to put a priority to the safety of everyone in the classroom setting,” Lazatin said in a statement.

Dr. Verona Guevarra, City Health Office chief, said the bus will have doctors, nurses, medical technologists, health workers and support staff from the City Health Office, Angeles City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and the Gender and Development Office.

The education department earlier maintained its stance that the vaccination remains voluntary and that no one will be discriminated against.

“There will be no discrimination. So this year, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, the teachers, the non-teaching staff, and the learners, all of them can go to school and teachers can conduct classes,” DepEd spokesperson Michael Tan Poa said.