Dr. Michelle Schlosser, the spokesperson of the city’s COVID-19 Task Force said a meeting with representatives of BPO companies was already held Friday (April 8) to finalize the said partnership.
"We have partnered with them since our last surge. We also partner with them in increasing our booster doses. We will start with the BPO employees, they have massive hiring and they also have a lot of employees in their establishments,” Schlosser said in a report from the City Information Office (CIO).
Schlosser said most BPO employees have become complacent after receiving two doses of the anti-COVID-19 vaccines, adding others opt not to get boostered at all so they can extend their work-from-home setup.
Schlosser underscored the high number of fully vaccinated individuals in BPOs but the boosters still need a push.
The task force and the BPOs brainstormed and strategized during the meeting to address the matter.
“Each BPO also shared its best practices and compared notes to come up with the best strategy to improve the booster turnout,” Schlosser said.
According to Schlosser, the BPOs will provide a master list of their employees' vaccination status to the Task Force.
"We will conduct a mobile vaccination in BPO offices. Before, we don't hold a mobile vaccination unless vaccinees reach at least 100. We have come up with an idea that even if it's just 50, we will send our team. That's one of the suggestions to make it more convenient for them,”Schlosser added.
Apart from BPOs, the city is also considering its sectoral mobile vaccination in the banks and restaurants.
The city has already fully vaccinated a total of 1,301,119 Dabawenyos, however, only 18.34 percent have received their booster shots.