Pasig’s contact tracing app to serve as registration for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/02/12/pasig.jpg"/><figcaption>Pasig City Hall. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Pasig residents no longer need to register to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because the city government will use its contact tracing app instead, Mayor Vico Sotto said Monday.</p><p>Sotto said the local government would use the “PasigPass” app for its COVID-19 vaccination program instead of asking residents to register again.</p><p>“Para seamless, so mas mabilis. Hindi na kailangan ng panibagong rehistrasyon (It’s faster. There’s no need for a new registration),” Sotto told ABS-CBN News.</p><p>Over a million residents of Pasig City as well as non-residents have registered on PasigPass since its launch last October, according to the local government.</p><p>Aside from PasigPass, a valid ID will also be required for those wishing to avail the vaccine, said Sotto.</p><p>Under Pasig City’s plan, nearly 200,000 frontliners, indigents, senior citizens and uniformed personnel would be prioritized to get the vaccine.</p><p>Sotto said Pasig residents would strictly follow a schedule for vaccination instead of following a “first come, first served” scheme.</p><p>“Ite-text po naming personally kaya ‘yong impormasyon natin sa PasigPass, siguraduhin natin na up to date. Kailangan active ang phone number,” Sotto said.</p><p>Senior citizens without cellphones may get in touch with their barangay officials, the local chief executive added.</p><p>Pasig is eyeing to immunize 700,000 of its residents against COVID-19, which has infected over 525,000 in the entire country.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/20/21/pasig-city-targets-to-vaccinate-700k-individuals-against-covid-19">Pasig City targets to vaccinate 700K individuals against COVID-19</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/31/21/more-than-2000-new-covid-19-cases-confirmed-tally-now-at-525618">More than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases confirmed, tally now at 525,618</a></li></ul><p>Sotto also said the city would hire additional nurses before the vaccine rollout.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CACQDH8B6oo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Pasig residents no longer need to register to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because the city government will use its contact tracing app instead, Mayor Vico Sotto said Monday.</p>

Pasig residents no longer need to register to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because the city government will use its contact tracing app instead, Mayor Vico Sotto said Monday.

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Pasig’s contact tracing app to serve as registration for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Pasig’s contact tracing app to serve as registration for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Angel Movido,

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Published Feb 01, 2021 01:04 PM PHT

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