DOH vaccinates 100,000 priority folks in CagVal

By Oliver T. Baccay

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan -- The Dept. of Health region 2 has vaccinated 101, 384 individuals who belong to the priority A1 to 3 in Cagayan Valley region. 
    Janriel Lavadia, vaccination focal person, said of the total, 48, 714 were health care workers, 33, 883, senior citizens and 187, 425 individuals with comorbidities.
    The number is equivalent to 16.56 percent vaccination rate from the 612, 232 targeted A1 to 3 priority individuals.
    A total of 143, 895 doses of vaccines were delivered to provinces to include 60, 810 Sinovac brand, 82,500 AstraZeneca and 585 Pfizer. 
    "The Pfizer brand was given only for the province of Quirino because they have a cold storage facility that meets the required temperature of the said vaccine brand," Lavadia said. 
    He added there were remaining 1, 500 doses undelivered vaccines to coastal municipalities of the region. 
    "We are now arranging for the schedules of delivery of the remaining vaccines to the coastal towns. We hope to complete the delivery as soon as possible," Lavadia said. 
    In terms of consumption rate, the department recorded 69.73 percent.
    Pfizer registered the highest consumption rate of 97.95 percent, followed by Sinovac with 98.09 percent and AstraZeneca, 49 percent. 
    Lavadia said there were 3, 232 deferrals because they had symptoms during their scheduled vaccination.
    Some were infected by the virus while others were exposed to Covid-19.
    He also added were 385 who refused to be vaccinated due to religious or personal belief and fear of vaccination. -- PIA-Cagayan

Abra gets 5-K doses of Sinovac vaccines

By Carlito C. Dar

BANGUED, Abra -- The Regional Vaccination Operations Center in Baguio City allocated a new tranche of 5,000 Sinovac vaccines to Abra  as it  already used Covid-19 vaccines  for the province. As of May 20, RVOC, data barred 11,493 vaccinated in Abra with 5,931 from Priority A1 (frontline health workers), 2,656 from Priority A2( senior citizens) and 1,776 pare from Priority A3 (adults with co –morbidities).
    Abra also vaccinated all 5,921 Priority A1 in its  master list including 10 newly – hired registered frontline health workers.
There were also 4,503 in the province who completed their 2- dose Sinovac vaccine.

Abra used  all the first tranche of 5,525 doses of Sinovac and 650 doses of AstraZeneca including the second tranche of 3,040 doses of AstraZeneca, the province received last May 11.

Abra is second in terms of vaccinated eligible population and vaccination activities  after Baguio City which already vaccinated 28,776 eligible population from Priority A1, A2 and A3 groups, 

RVOC chairperson and Dept. of Health –Cordillera regional director Dr. Ruby Constantino, in a meeting with provincial/city vaccination operations centers on May 20, cited importance of faster deployment and utilization of vaccines.

She said Priority A1 in master list should get their Covid – 19 jabs.

Constantino urged provincial VOCs to closely monitor vaccination activities in  municipalities  and use unutilized vaccines in other areas.

She said based on National Vaccination Operation Center guidelines, deployment of allocation of new tranche of vaccines will be based on the utilization accomplishments of every provincial/city local government unit. – PIA       Cordillera