DOH pushes vaccination of Cordi seniors vs Covid

BAGUIO CITY -- The regional Dept. of Health urged local government units and offices working  for the welfare of the elderly to help in ensuring eligible senior citizens in the  Cordillera will be vaccinated against Covid-19.
    Cordillera DOH regional director Dr. Ruby Constantino said Covid – 19 remains a public health concern regardless of age, race and ethnicity.
    She added risk of severe illness, complications and death from Covid–19 increases with age. 
    Constantino said senior citizens are considered most vulnerable of getting infected and advised to remain at home at all times.
    Due also to this vulnerability, senior citizens are next in priority for vaccination after workers in frontline health services.
    “We are appealing to all our partners at all levels to assist the government in this endeavor, and to all 60 years old and above constituents to take this opportunity to be vaccinated,” Constantino said.

As of June 14, 2021, DOH – CAR data showed Covid-19 deaths among ages 60 – 69 already reached 190 or 27 percent, and 282 among 70 years old and above which account for 40.5% of recorded deaths in Cordillera.

Based on the Cordillera RVOC June 17 data, there are 144,446 listed senior citizens in the region, of which 37,357 or 25.86% got their first dose of Covid-19 vaccines  including 9,562 who already completed their two doses of vaccines.

Nationwide, National Vaccination Operations Center data showed around 1.89 million or 23.18%  out of 8,173,223 master-listed senior citizens in the country already received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccines as of June 17. – PIA Cordillera