Benguet ups vaccination to reach herd immunity
>> Monday, November 22, 2021
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- The provincial government is ramping up its Covid-19 vaccination efforts to be able to inoculate and protect more residents in the province.
Gov. Melchor Diclas said there is a need to increase the efforts of the health sector to be able to inoculate more than 300,000 individuals and reach herd immunity in the province by the end of the year.
“There is a need to double the efforts in the Covid-19 vaccination to be able to protect the people of Benguet and reach herd immunity in the province,” Diclas said during the recent Provincial Inter Agency Task Force meeting.
The Provincial Health Office reported at least 80,000 individuals were fully vaccinated in the province as of Nov. 2
However, this only represents 24 percent of the 338,755 target population to be vaccinated in Benguet.
PHO 1 Dr. Meliarazon Dulay said the PHO and other government agencies, local government units and private sector have beefed up efforts on Covid-19 vaccination in the province.
She said the province now has sufficient supply of vaccines for the rest of the population.
Dulay said the PHO rolled out vaccination in barangays which started Nov. 4 in barangays Basil, Tublay Central and in Daclan, all in Tublay.
It was also rolled out in Ambiong in La Trinidad in Nov. 5.
Vaccination in the barangays is for all eligible population or the rest of the eligible population including the pediatric or the 12 to 17 years old individuals without comorbidities.
Last week, the province launched the vaccination of the Pediatric A3 or those 12 to 17 year old with comorbidities in a ceremony at the Benguet General Hospital led by DOH Undersecretary and National Vaccination Operations Center Head Dr. Myrna Cabotaje with DOH-CAR regional director Dr. Ruby Constantino and Gov. Diclas.
Dulay urged district and private hospitals to vaccinate Pediatric A3 population aside from the inoculation being done for the rest of the population.
The PHO will also launch an express lane vaccination at the Km 5 area to entice particularly those going to the market or those passersby to get inoculated.
The Benguet Provincial Police Office will also help in the vaccination roll out in other barangays through the Barangayanihan Caravan.
Diclas expressed gratitude to the city government of Baguio for opening its vaccination sites for residents of Benguet now helping the province reach herd immunity.
Diclas urged the public to get inoculated and be protected against Covid-19.
He said being vaccinated is a way to ensure safety and protection from severe effects of Covid-19. – PIA Cordillera
Gov. Melchor Diclas said there is a need to increase the efforts of the health sector to be able to inoculate more than 300,000 individuals and reach herd immunity in the province by the end of the year.
“There is a need to double the efforts in the Covid-19 vaccination to be able to protect the people of Benguet and reach herd immunity in the province,” Diclas said during the recent Provincial Inter Agency Task Force meeting.
The Provincial Health Office reported at least 80,000 individuals were fully vaccinated in the province as of Nov. 2
However, this only represents 24 percent of the 338,755 target population to be vaccinated in Benguet.
PHO 1 Dr. Meliarazon Dulay said the PHO and other government agencies, local government units and private sector have beefed up efforts on Covid-19 vaccination in the province.
She said the province now has sufficient supply of vaccines for the rest of the population.
Dulay said the PHO rolled out vaccination in barangays which started Nov. 4 in barangays Basil, Tublay Central and in Daclan, all in Tublay.
It was also rolled out in Ambiong in La Trinidad in Nov. 5.
Vaccination in the barangays is for all eligible population or the rest of the eligible population including the pediatric or the 12 to 17 years old individuals without comorbidities.
Last week, the province launched the vaccination of the Pediatric A3 or those 12 to 17 year old with comorbidities in a ceremony at the Benguet General Hospital led by DOH Undersecretary and National Vaccination Operations Center Head Dr. Myrna Cabotaje with DOH-CAR regional director Dr. Ruby Constantino and Gov. Diclas.
Dulay urged district and private hospitals to vaccinate Pediatric A3 population aside from the inoculation being done for the rest of the population.
The PHO will also launch an express lane vaccination at the Km 5 area to entice particularly those going to the market or those passersby to get inoculated.
The Benguet Provincial Police Office will also help in the vaccination roll out in other barangays through the Barangayanihan Caravan.
Diclas expressed gratitude to the city government of Baguio for opening its vaccination sites for residents of Benguet now helping the province reach herd immunity.
Diclas urged the public to get inoculated and be protected against Covid-19.
He said being vaccinated is a way to ensure safety and protection from severe effects of Covid-19. – PIA Cordillera
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