January 14, 2021 – “Tulad ng sinasabi ng national government, mauuna ang mga frontliners. Kami naman sa LGU, uunahin namin kayong mga teachers para dumami ang mga estudyanteng matulungan ninyo. Libre ang bakuna ninyo. Kalahati ng vaccine, mapupunta sa inyo,” Gov. Rodito T. Albano III said during the distribution of rice assistance to teachers and non-teaching staff of Dep-ED legislative district 1, earlier today at the Tumauini Astrodome.

“Huwag kayong mag-alala. Ako muna. Kami muna para huwag kayong matakot. One dose today, and the other dose after 28 days. Kung walang mangyari sa amin after the vaccine, saka kayo susunod. Pero kung may adverse reaction, sasabihin namin kaagad,” the governor further said.

Gov. Rodito has already secured 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca. With two doses per person, at least 50,000 Isabeleños can be vaccinated.