Manila's delivery and transport riders rush for drive-in vaccinations after COVID-19 cases rise

Record ID: 1632012

  • Title: Manila's delivery and transport riders rush for drive-in vaccinations after COVID-19 cases rise
  • Date: 13th August 2021
  • Summary: MANILA, PHILIPPINES (AUGUST 13, 2021) (REUTERS) TRISHAW DRIVERS QUEUEING AT VACCINATION SITE TRISHAW DRIVER STOPPING BESIDE HEALTH WORKER TRISHAW DRIVER BEING VACCINATED HEALTH WORKER PUTTING BANDAGE ON TRICYCLE DRIVER'S ARM HEALTH WORKER VACCINATING TRISHAW DRIVER (SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) 62-YEAR-OLD TRISHAW DRIVER, RUDY SANTOS, SAYING: "I hope this will help us with our lives. We haven't been able to move freely in so long, so this vaccination is a blessing and I'm thankful for it." RIDER TAKING SELF PORTRAIT WHILE BEING VACCINATED DELIVERY RIDER STOPPING BESIDE HEALTH WORKER (SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) 39-YEAR-OLD DELIVERY RIDER, JOHNNY CABALLERO, SAYING: "This is more important for us delivery riders because this is for our safety and for our families, especially after riding and being exposed outside. This is a form of protection to our families as well." DELIVERY RIDER BEING VACCINATED VACCINATION BEING INJECTED IN ARM HEALTH WORKER APPLYING PLASTER ON ARM OF VACCINATED PERSON DELIVERY RIDERS QUEUEING
  • Embargoed: 27th August 2021 11:11
  • Keywords: COVID-19 Manila coronavirus delivery riders drive-in vaccination lockdown transportation
  • Location: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
  • City: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
  • Country: Philippines
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EQ4351J
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds of motorcycle and delivery riders queued at a drive-in vaccination site in Manila on Friday (August 13) amid a growing number of coronavirus cases in the Philippine capital.
    About 3,700 motorists, mostly from the transportation and delivery sectors, registered for drive-in vaccinations at a shopping mall's parking lot which had been turned into a makeshift vaccination site.
    Drive-in vaccinations for motorists were initiated to help protect the transportation sector amid a rise in coronavirus cases, exacerbated by the Delta variant, that has prompted a two-week lockdown in the greater Manila area.
    "I hope this will help us with our lives. We haven't been able to move freely in so long, so this vaccination is a blessing and I'm thankful for it," said 62-year-old trishaw driver Rudy Santos.
    The Philippines' health ministry recorded 13,177 new coronavirus infections on Friday, the second-highest daily increase in cases since the start of the pandemic. In a bulletin, the ministry also said there were 299 fatalities on Friday, the highest in four months.
    (Production: Jay Ereno, Peter Blaza)
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