“Kumpara last year, ngano niubos atong unvaccinated, is because nag retargeting man gud on the national level (Compared last year, we have fewer unvaccinated because we did a retargeting on the national level),” Olavides said during the Kapihan sa PIA media forum at NCCC Mall Victoria Plaza.
According to the latest DOH-Davao Covid-19 Case Bulletin as of August 1, the target population is 3,796,830, of which 85.2 percent, or 3,234,203, have been fully vaccinated.
Olavides stated that the agency aims to administer the first dose to those who are unvaccinated within a month, particularly to the senior citizen population, because their target is set at 90%. She claims that only 70% of the region's seniors are immunized.
“That’s our focus for this month para pag abot og (so when we reach) October, ubay-ubay na ang natagaan og full vaccination for the seniors (we would have increased the number of full vaccinated seniors),” Olavides said.
Olavides, on the other hand, stated that while they have not yet reached the target of 50% of the eligible population for booster doses, they are making progress.
“Our eligible population is more than three million, dapat 1.5 million natagaan na (so our target should be 1.5 million). But we are seeing progress in Davao Region. For Davao City, they have increased from their target, previously naa sa seven percent lang (previously it was only seven percent). This also shows for other provinces as well,” she said.
“For this week, nag improve ta og (we improved) two percent. Before, napako gyod ta og (before, we were stuck at 20 percent),” Schlosser said during an interview with the Davao City Disaster Radio.
“It’s minimal but it’s worth celebrating meaning effective na ang paglungsad sa atong district vaccination activities (have been effective),” she said.
As of August 1, there were 533,181 people in the region who needed booster or additional doses.
Although no data was provided, Olavides stated that vaccines have expired, particularly at the national level, due to inactivity.
“Since nag hinay atong vaccination for the past months, naa pud tay bakuna nga nag expire na. We are thankful some of the vaccines have extended shelf life so magamit pa nato but ginapaningkamutan gyod sa atong local government units na magamit tanan bakuna nga naa dirisa atong health facilities (Since vaccination was slow the past months, there were some vaccines that expired. We are thankful some have extended shelf life so we can still use it but we are really pushing for the local government units to utilize all the vaccines we have at our health facilities),” Olavides said.
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