Davao City to dialogue with vax-resistant groups

DAVAO CITY, November 9 (PIA) – Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte instructed the Vaccination cluster of the COVID19 Task Force to start looking and engaging with resistant individuals and groups on vaccination.

This she bared in a radio program over Davao City Disaster Radio saying that the city has started using this strategy in Marilog area where the LGU tapped the right person to engage and speak with the individual identified to be influencing the IP group from getting vaccinated.

“ Dunay panagtapuk ganina sa Marilog. We found out nga naay lumad nga naga influence sa iyahang mga kauban sa tribo (There was a gathering recently in Marilog, we found out there are lumads influencing others in the tribe). Our strategy is to go there and explain to them the importance of vaccination,” the mayor said.

The chief executive deemed to shift to a targeted strategy in addressing resistance from groups such as religious and indigenous peoples.

The Davao City Vaccine Cluster reported that as of November 5, the city has already vaccinated 914,791 for the first dose and 840,660 for the second dose.

The first dose turn-out is already at 70.37% of the target herd immunity while 64.67% are fully immunized based on the target herd immunity.

The Davao City LGU came up with various strategies to speed up the vaccination roll out. One is the improvement on communication by providing the public with a week-long vaccination schedule so the interested individuals will be able to plan out their preferred schedule. A Vaccination Schedule platform is also provided for individuals to be assured with a slot in a particular vaccination site.

The city also partnered with private and sectoral groups to reach out and share the responsibility with them in vaccinating individuals. Some of these groups are in the academe, government, CSOs, mall sector, tourism and more.

Other strategies include Mobile Vaccination, House to House Vaccination, Bakuna Nights, Weekend Vaccination, Barangay Suyod Vaccination Program, Drive-thru Vaccination, and Closed Facility Vaccination.

Mayor Duterte instructed the vaccination cluster to further look for other strategies to reach out those unvaccinated. (PIA XI/Frances Mae Macapagat

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