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DAVAO CITY, Feb 8 (PIA) - The Bayanihan Bakunahan or National Vaccination Day III is set to be conducted on February 10-11, 2022. In the Regional Vaccination Operation Center (RVOC) Davao Region meeting today, all implementing offices are informed and are now preparing for the Bayanihan Bakunahan III kick off. The NVD III targets to vaccinate all population (12 years old and above) especially for the primary series doses and booster doses for the 18 years old and above. Priority population for the NVD are the A2, A5 population (primary and booster doses); and booster doses especially in workplaces and ecozones. In the DOH XI data, the government is yet to reach out and vaccinate 91,889 senior citizens in Davao Region for the first dose. Davao City has exceeded its target and covered 124% or 116,927. However, other provinces in the region still fall short in their target of vaccinating this priority age group. Davao de Oro is still looking for 7,974 senior citizens; Davao del Norte has

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Jan. 6 (PIA) – The vaccination rates in Kapalong has considerably increased after holding two rounds of three-day National Vaccination Days dubbed as "Bayanihan Bakunahan" to  fight COVID-19. Kapalong Municipal Mayor Maria Theresa R. Timbol revealed an interview yesterday (Jan. 6) at the Network Briefing hosted by Bing Kimpo on behalf of Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar.   " Yung bakuna po namin before sa Bayanihan Bakunahan mababa po talaga, yung percentage namin na sa 25% lang po (Our vaccination rate before the Bayanihan Bakunahan was really low. We only have 25% of our target population),” she explained. After joining the two rounds of simultaneous three days every round of the Bayanihan Bakunahan, they were able to raise it higher. " Pero nung twice na nagsupport po kami sa Bayanihan Bakunahan, we were able to raise it to 68% sa first dose and 48% sa second dose na po (But when we supported the Bayanihan Bakunahan for two

DAVAO ORIENTAL, Dec. 21 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Davao Oriental along with its city and municipal local government units (LGUs) kicked off its second round of the Three-Day National Vaccination Days dubbed as Bayanihan Bakunahan to boost the vaccination rate in their respective LGUs on December 20-22, 2021. The Department of Health Region XI Regional Director Dr. Anabelle Yumang graced the kick-off of the second round of vaccination in Davao Oriental yesterday in the Municipality of Baganga with Provincial Governor Nelson L. Dayanghirang. The City of Mati, Municipality of Baganga, and the Municipality of Lupon are the LGUs that joined the second round of Bayanihan Bakunahan on December 21-22, 2021. The said schedule was finalized after its postponement on December 15-17, 2021 due to Typhoon Rai, locally named Odette. The provincial government targeted 39,652 vaccinees for the three days which is equivalent to 13,222 every day from all priority groups including minors. In t

DAVAO CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA) - The Civil Service Commission issued an advisory calling for volunteers from the government sector for the Second Round of “Bayanihan, Bakunahan National COVID-19 Vaccination” on 15 to 17 December 2021 Pursuant to Republic Act No. 11525 and Proclamation No. 1253 dated 24 November 2021. In support of the second round of the government mass vaccination program and in celebration of the National Volunteer Month, the Commission enjoins all government agencies and their officials and employees, irrespective of position, rank, and status, to volunteer.  Volunteers shall be considered on official business and in the performance of their functions and shall be entitled to official travel allowances and other related expenses subject to the availability of funds and pertinent accounting, auditing and budgeting rules and regulations. The Department of Health (DOH) will be needing volunteers to participate as health screeners, vaccinators, post-vaccination monitors, reg

Bayanihan Bakunahan in Mesaoy, New Corella town DAVAO DEL NORTE, Dec. 7 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte has achieved 80% of its target population for vaccination during the three-day National Vaccination Days, said Davao Del Norte Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Alfredo Lacerona.  Meanwhile, the City of Tagum vaccinated a total of 37,547 according to Tagum City Health Officer, Dr. Arnel Florendo. On the latest episode of Kapihan sa DavNor, Dr. Lacerona and Dr. Florendo reported the achievements of the three-day National Vaccination Days dubbed as "Bayanihan Bakunahan" in their respective jurisdictions. "Sa una nga adlaw niabot ug 36,970, taas gihapon ni sya no kumpara sa ubang probinsya. Sa ikaduha nga adlaw naa pod tay 34. 114 ug sa ikatulo nga adlaw niabot ta ug 37, 775 nga mutotal ug 108, 859 or almost 80% sa atong giset nga target," (On the first day it reached 36,970, which is still high compared to other provinces. On the second day we had

DAVAO CITY, Dec. 7 (PIA) – The students aged 12-17 years old in Sarangani, the island municipality of Davao Occidental province, were urged to be inoculated against COVID-19 in preparation for the face to face classes early next year. Dr. Roy T. Enriquez, chief administrative officer of the Department of Education Region XI (DepEd-XI), has also called on the parents to encourage their children to join the government’s vaccination program.   “We are proud to tell our learners that in Region 11, we have already eight schools which participated in the limited face-to-face classes. Three in Davao del Sur and five in Davao de Oro,” Enriquez stated in an interview with the Padayon News of the Schools Division of Davao Occidental during the kick off of the National Vaccination Days in Barangay Mabila, Sarangani.   He said that they are expecting an expansion of the implementation of the limited face-to-face classes, not only in schools in the main land of Davao Region, but also in schools in

DAVAO CITY, December 7 (PIA) – Following a call for a continuation of the recently concluded Bayanihan Bakunahan, the Department of Health Davao Region announced Monday that a Round 2 is scheduled on December 15-17. In the DOH Virtual Presser, Vaccination Program Focal Dr. Janis Olavides bared another Bayanihan Bakunahan schedule which will highly focus on the vaccination of A2 or senior citizens population and the A5 or the indigent population. “ In preparation for this, we are assuring our LGUs that we have the vaccines, syringes that we will provide to the provinces as additional to their logistics,” Dr. Olavides claimed. She added that the call for another round of the Bayanihan Bakunahan did not just emanate from the DOH Central Office, but resulted from a call from the different LGUs which have seen that many individuals still lined up during the National Vaccination Days. The DOH XI believed that the Bayanihan Bakunahan in the region may not have reached its target of the number

DAVAO CITY, Dec. 1 (PIA)—A member of the City COVID-19 Task Force revealed that 51, 500 residents have been vaccinated for the past two days of the 3-day Bayanihan Bakunahan.   Dr. Michelle Schlosser, COVID-19 Task Force spokesperson said the actual number of vaccinees may fall short of the 147, 313 vaccinations targeted by the Department of Health XI in Davao City. However, she bared that the city remains to have .02 positivity rate of COVID-19 cases, hoping that surge will not be experienced in Davao City during the Christmas Season.   Schlosser said the compliance of the minimum public health standards and protocols has paid off.   She underscored that the city has the logistics, and human resources for the vaccination roll outs. “We could hardly deny the presence of the vaccine hesitancy, where the people’s cooperation is needed,” Schlosser said.   She stood firm that the vaccine hesitancy is not that strong in Davao City because the seventy percent vaccination is reached.   Schlos

DOH Usec Dr. Abdullah Dumama, Jr. administers the vaccination of Diosdado Canete during the Bayanihan Bakunahan SULOP, Davao del Sur, Nov. 29 (PIA) – The officials of the Department of Health and the local government unit of Sulop in Davao del Sur, were happy to see the influx of eager residents to get inoculated during the provincial kick-off of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Days in said municipality.   Many eligible Sulopians have flocked to the Holy Cross of Sulop, where the kick-off ceremony took place, to take the chance of receiving their COVID-19 vaccines.   As of 6:00pm on November 29, Municipal Health Officer Dr. Fidel Marcelo Malate reported through a phone interview that from the five vaccination sites, a total of 1,277 Sulop residents have been vaccinated during the first day of the NVD.   Malate said that the number has so far been the highest recorded in a day of vaccination in the entire municipality. “The NVD activity has really helped a lot,” he stated.   Although

DAVAO CITY, November 29 (PIA) - At six in the morning, on the first day of the 3-day nationwide Bayanihan Bakunahan, Jessa Gomota left her new-born baby to her partner at home and proceeded to the People’s Park in Davao City where she would be getting her first dose of COVID19 vaccine. "Naa man gud koy baby nga dili nako basta-basta mabiyaan sa balay. Sakto karon kay off duty ang akong partner mao nga siya akong gibilinan sa among anak. Mao nga nakahigayon ko karon ug pagpabakuna . (I have a baby that’s why I just can’t leave home anytime. Good thing that my partner is taking a day off and that allowed me to come here and get vaccinated.),” Gomota said. She learned about the Bayanihan Bakunahan which runs from November 29 to December 1 on social media. Included in the announcement which she read is the vaccine brand that interested vaccinees will be able to get. Gomota shared that she has long wanted to be vaccinated with a Pfizer brand. “ Naengganyo pud ko kay nahibal-an nako nga

TALAINGOD, Davao del Norte, Nov. 29 (PIA) ---  The three-day national vaccination drive dubbed as “Bayanihan Bakunahan” is seen to  boost the percentage of vaccinated individuals especially in areas of low vaccination rates.   Davao del Norte Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Alfredo Lacerona was optimistic that the vaccination rate in the Municipality of Talaingod would  ramp up as he noted the huge influx to Sto Nino Gymnasium of individuals interested to  get jabbed. The Municipal Health Office is targeting to vaccinate 8,000 Talaingod residents at the close of the 3-day vaccination drive on December 1 This may be seen as just a minimal target compared to other towns but this figure is  seen as a key to hitting the 70 percent herd immunity in Talaingod with only 30,000 population, mostly Ata-Manobo indigenous peoples (IPs). Municipal Health Office (MHO) data showed that from the start of vaccination campaign up to November this year, only a total of 2,652 were fully vaccinated while 3,

TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte—The City Government of Tagum has opened 22 vaccination sites for the three-day National Vaccination campaign with  the end goal of vaccinating a  total of 51,649 individuals. City Health Education Promotion Officer (HEPO) Rae Catherine Apura told PIA that the city government aims to achieve 17,216 jabbing daily from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. After the kick-off rites at Tagum City Hall Atrium this morning (Nov. 29), Tagum City Mayor Allan Rellon dispatched all City Department Heads to see to it that targets are met and even surpassed. The city government  has  clinched agreements with malls, hospitals and schools aside from government facilities as sites of the 3-day national vaccination campaign Bayanihan Bakunahan. Some 200  volunteers have manifested support for the city government in rolling out the campaign to all corners of the city, Apura said.  (JMDA)

DAVAO CITY, Nov. 25 (PIA) – The provincial government of Davao del Sur has targeted 134,866 individuals in the entire province to get inoculated during the “Bayanihan Bakunahan” National COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign on November 29, 30 to December 1, 2021.   Davao del Sur Governor Marc Douglas IV Cagas has issued Executive Order No. 39 Series of 2021 on Monday (Nov. 22), enjoining all local government units and stakeholders in the province to support and participate in the three-day vaccination drive.   In the executive order, Cagas raised the importance of the provincial LGU’s full support to the national vaccination campaign to further accelerate the vaccination rollout and to achieve at least 70 per cent of its eligible population.   It aims to get a daily target of 44,962 vaccinees in the whole province during the period.   The following are the breakdown of the total target population per city/municipality: Bansalan -5,667; Digos City - 13,005; Hagonoy - 5,310; Kiblawan - 4,274; M

DAVAO CITY- The Province of Davao Oriental is eyeing to vaccinate 96,744 individuals during the Bayanihan Bakunahan (National Vaccination Days) slated Nov. 29- Dec. 1 According to Davao Oriental Provincial Health Officer II Dr. Reden Bersaldo this would mean a target of 32,248 vaccinees per day during the three-day event. Dr. Bersaldo who is also the Provincial Task Force on COVID-19 Action Officer said the vaccination would focus on population groups; the pediatric population (12 to 17 years old), senior citizens, frontline personnel in essential sectors, indigent population. The three day Bayanihan Bakunahan aims to vaccinate persons not yet vaccinated in an effort to achieve herd immunity. In the Davao Region, the Department of Health-XI is targeting 753,294 unvaccinated individuals. Based on provincial data, Davao Oriental has a total population of 607,851 and 70% of the population is pegged at 425,494. Around 214,857 have already been vaccinated which is 50.50% of the total target