PASAY CITY -- In addressing the health and safety of its frontliners, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of NAIA, being the 1st Certified National Government Agency (Non-LGU, Non-Health) to host a vaccination program, conducts its 2nd "RESBAKUNA sa Bureau of Customs NAIA" COVID-19 Vaccination Program for its employees on July 17, 2021, in partnership with the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and the Department of Health (DOH), at the Bureau of Customs-NAIA in Pasay City, Manila.

The inoculation program, which followed the 1st Resbakuna sa BOC-NAIA last June 15, 2021, was also opened to all BOC ports. Several employees from the Ports of Batangas and Subic received their 1st dose, while the BOC-NAIA employees received their 2nd dose after their 1st dose in June 2021.

Considering the health risk brought about the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020, the BOC-NAIA, under the leadership of District Collector Carmelita M. Talusan, continue to perform around-the-clock, and remains committed in initiating reforms and innovations for the betterment of both internal and external stakeholders.

The Port of NAIA has cleared 46 shipments of COVID-19 Vaccines consisting of 27,717,610 million vaccine doses since February 2021. To date, six brands of vaccines were facilitated by the Port such as Sinovac, Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, and J&J vaccine. Just recently, Secretary Vince Dizon, IATF-EID Testing Czar, expressed his utmost gratitude to the Bureau for the dedication to service since the onset of pandemic. He also recognized the expeditious processing in the clearance of COVID-19 Vaccines. The vaccine shipments were pre-cleared by the BOC-NAIA One Stop Shop prior to its arrival resulting to a speedy importation process and without any unnecessary delays.