These areas have been closed for weeks for decontamination after some of the health care workers and vaccinators tested COVID-19 positive.
Decontamination was done to ensure that the sites do not become the source of infection.
In a report from the City Information Office (CIO), COVID-19 Task Force Spokesman Dr. Michelle Schlosser assured that the healthcare workers at the site are properly screened and have negative RT-PCR and are not exhibiting COVID-19 like symptoms.
She added that contraction of the health workers is inevitable because they are on the frontlines by administering vaccines at the various sites of the city.
There were 24 health care workers in both parks who were positive but experienced mild symptoms. Most of them are asymptomatic, Schlosser said.
Schlosser said she hopes that with the reopening of the parks, more individuals will come for their booster shots.
Schlosser earlier said the city aims to administer 24,000 to 27,000 booster shots daily. The booster shot is another layer of protection for Dabawenyos against the deadly virus.
Schlosser, meanwhile, emphasized the wearing of face shields for health care workers/vaccinators at the sites is mandatory.
"We do not want our manpower to deplete because we are fast-tracking the booster shots for the public. So if there is a necessity for an added protection that health workers will not get sick, we will do that,” she said.
All vaccination sites in the city are open for first, second, missed doses for 18 years old and above and the pediatric population.
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