DAVAO CITY — The city government has Davao City has vaccinated a total of 1,136,577 million individuals or 87 percent of the target herd immunity for the first dose as of December 1, 2021.
Davao COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson Dr. Michelle Schlosser, during the Bida Bakunado program of 87.5 FM Davao City Disaster Radio on December 3, said for the second dose, 967,053 had been administered.
The press statemen by the City Information office stated that 75,476 were vaccinated during the three-day Bakunahan from November 29 to December 1, 2021. as it added “That means naa na ta sa 87 percent na first dose and roughly 75 percent sa atoang second dose. Overall, naa na ta sa level na duol na gyud nato makuha ang herd immunity,”
Schlosser added that the city does not only target 70 percent of the population to achieve herd immunity goal but it aims “100 percent. As chairman of the COVID-19 Task Force in Davao, the mayor and the rest of the task force members and our City Health Office, ang goal gyud nato (our goal), headed by our vaccination cluster, is 100 percent,” she said.
As of 2020, Davao City has a population of 1,825,450, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Region 11.
In the upcoming National Vaccination Day slated on December 15 and 16, the city will again join with the private sector as they have partnered in the past.
The house-to-house and barangay mobile vaccinations will continue. Dialogues with tribal leaders in far-flung barangays will also continue to address the vaccine hesitancy among indigenous people (IP) communities.
All vaccination hubs in the city now cater to walk-ins and for all priority groups. But the booster shots, in the meantime, are intended for those under the A1 priority group or the health care workers.CIO
