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Mayor Magalong Issued EO Creating an IATF to Implement the City’s COVID-19 Immunization Program



The Public Information Office of the City of Baguio today (Thursday), February 18, 2021, revealed that Mayor Benjamin Magalong has issued Executive Order No. 23, Series of 2021, creating an Inter-Agency Task Force to plan and implement the Baguio City COVID-19 deployment and immunization program. The said EO was issued on February 15, 2021.

“It aims to ensure the safe and successful inoculation of at least 70 percent of the city’s target population in order to achieve ‘herd immunity’, among others,” stated the PIO Baguio.

Included in the details provided in the EO are the implementing agencies tasked in its execution, the members of the city task force, the vaccination teams and several others.

“The city envisions a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach in order to harmonize efforts needed for the successful and effective implementation of the citywide covid-19 vaccination program.”
– Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong| On the citywide COVID-19 Vaccination Program

Agencies Tasked in the Execution of the EO

Below are the implementing agencies tasked in the execution of the executive order. Each agency is given its specific functions and responsibilities.

  • Department of Health-Center for Health Development
  • Cordillera as lead agency
  • City government of Baguio thru the Health Services Office
  • Civil society groups
  • Community organizations
  • Private sector partners
  • The Baguio City Police Office (BCPO)
  • Barangay units and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)
  • Private clinics and medical societies
  • Hospitals

City Task Force

  • Chaired by the Mayor
  • Co-chaired by councilor Joel Alangsab
  • With City Health Officer Rowena Galpo as action officer
  • Members are from:
    • Various concerned government offices
    • Line agencies
    • Hospitals
    • Medical societies
    • Others from the private sector

Functions of the City Task Force

Here are some of the functions of the City Task Force as stated by the Public Information Office of the City of Baguio:

  • Develop and enact health policies relative to the planning and implementation of the Covid-19 vaccine deployment program
  • Develop the Covid-19 vaccine deployment plan and oversee its implementation
  • Monitor the implementation of the Plan and establish systems of mechanisms necessary to support its implementation

Vaccination Operations Center

  • Chaired by the Mayor
  • Co-chaired by City Health Officer Rowena Galpo
  • Supported by the following teams:
    • Planning
    • Campaign management
    • Monitoring and technical
    • Cold chain and logistics
    • Coordination
    • Vaccine safety
    • Surveillance and response
    • Communications
    • Advocacy and partnership
    • Secretariat
    • Registry and data management
    • Healthcare waste management

The Vaccination Teams

  • Local district health centers
  • City hospitals
  • Baguio-Benguet Medical Society
  • Philippine Nurses Association-Baguio chapter
  • Medical personnel of the Department of Education-District of Baguio
  • Bureau of Fire Protection
  • Bureau of Jail Management
  • BCPO
  • Barangays units
  • SK
  • Other private partners

From the PIO Baguio

Source: Public Information Office – City of Baguio| Facebook Page


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Source: Public Information Office – City of Baguio



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