QC firms offer discounts for jabs
SCORES of business establishments in Quezon City are offering discounts to vaccinated customers to encourage people to get themselves inoculated against coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19).
At the Ever Gotesco-Commonwealth Avenue area in the city’s second congressional district, food and service shops have launched Bakuna-Diskwento in partnership with Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo and her husband, Winnie, who is a city councilor.
The project offers five to 10 percent discounts to vaccinated patrons. Some establishments give free drinks.
“It’s our way of encouraging our people to get themselves vaccinated and protected against the highly infectious new coronavirus and the deadly Covid-19 illness it is causing,” Rep. Castelo said.
She said the latest data showed that about 34 percent of the city’s target of 1.7 million residents have been inoculated.
“We still have a long way to go, so we should leave no stone unturned in encouraging our people to take their vaccine,” she said.
The Castelo couple urged other stores in the city to join Bakuna-Diskwento.
“Making this a city-wide undertaking would entice more residents to get vaccine protection,” Rep. Castelo said.
At the same time, she urged city vaccinators to take extra care in administering the vaccine to avoid breaching protocols.
“Breaches and mistakes will just delay our vaccination program. We might as well have a slow-but-sure mindset,” she said.
