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Davao Region set to hold Special Vaccination Days on March 29-31


DAVAO CITY, March 22 (PIA) – Following the gains of the recently held National Vaccination Day IV, the Davao Region is set to hold the Special Vaccination Days on March 29, 30, and 31.

This time, the vaccination program is targeting to cover the primary and booster doses of 18 years old and above individuals as well as primary doses of 12 years old.

The strategy employed for this Special Vaccination is “ Tutok and Suyod Barangay”, focusing the target unvaccinated population in every barangay.

To ensure for a high turn-out of vaccination, municipalities will identify the top 3 to 5 barangays with the highest unvaccinated population.

The vaccination teams may proceed to neighboring barangay once done with the identified barangay.

The 18 years old and above vaccinees are recommended to get Janssen as primary dose while Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, Sinovac, and Moderna for booster dose.

The 12 to 17 years old vaccinees will be receiving Pfizer or Moderna as primary dose.

The NVD IV resulted to a 92% accomplishment reaching 41,932 vaccinations as of March 19 out of the target for primary dose which is 45,650.

Individuals who got their booster dose during the NVD IV reached up to 11,048  or 41% of the 27,254 target.

In total, Davao Region reached 73% of its target for NVD IV which is 52,980 vaccinations. (PIA XI/Frances Mae Macapagat)





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