FILINVEST Development Corp.’s (FDC) has rolled out its free na- tionwide vaccination program FilVax to employees and third-party service providers across its businesses in Cebu province.
The said employees and extended workers received the company- procured Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus disease 2019 (CO- VID-19) at the ARC Hospitals in Lapu-Lapu City.
According to Josephine Gotianun Yap, FDC president and chief executive officer, said the COVID-19 shutdown was challenging for all businesses, big or small.
“We are looking forward to achieving herd immunity by the fourth quarter of the year, which will be a critical milestone in the group’s continued growth and recovery curve amid this pandemic,” Gotianun Yap added.
At present, the group reported it has inoculated 83 percent of its workforce, with 60 percent double-jabbed and 40 percent partially immunized.
The firm has procured 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine in partnership with the government.
