Kiangan jabs over half of population

By Liza Agoot 

KIANGAN, Ifugao – Health frontliners vaccinated more than half of target population here as of Oct. 27, attributing the accomplishment to home vaccination.
    Kiangan Mayor Raldis Andrei Bulayungan, during the Network Briefing of the Presidential Communications Operations Office said they did home vaccination when visits were allowed.
    "We brought the vaccination to the grassroots which is a program to bring government programs closer to the people," Bulayungan said.
    He said explaining to residents benefits of vaccination also contributed in the town's vaccination accomplishment.
    "Nakakatulong din ang personal visits sa barangays explaining to them the benefits of vaccination," the mayor said.
    As of Nov. 6, the town has vaccinated 460 pediatric patients their first anti-Covid dose.
    He said they have targeted at least 1,957 of adolescent population.
    He said they were nearing target herd immunity but still needed to double the effort. "Kiangan is among the top 3 municipalities in Ifugao with a good turnout of vaccination," Bulayungan said. 
    Apart from home visits for vaccination, the local health office is also maximizing the use of social media in disseminating the appropriate information about the benefits of having vaccinated and the jab schedule.
    "We should start among us so that we can convince our families, employees and they, in turn, will be able to convince their relatives, our relatives, and friends," the mayor said. -- PNA