PIA Davao Region

DAVAO CITY, Feb. 17 (PIA)- From aiming to achieve herd immunity, the City Government of Davao is now targeting to vaccinate its whole population estimated at 1.8 million people. “Before herd immunity atong ginatarget karon didto na ta sa total population (Before we were targeting herd immunity now we are in total population),” said Dr. Michelle Schlosser Davao City COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson during her radio guesting at Davao City Disaster Radio. Dr. Schlosser said the City has vaccinated 85.14 % of its total population and has already achieved vaccinating the herd immunity target of the 70% of the City’s population. “Ang atong goal is to vaccinate the entire population of Davao City, mao na ang atong ginakab-ot karon mao na ang basihan sa atong rating and percentage dili na ang herd immunity lang (Our goal is to vaccinate the entire population of Davao City that is what we are trying to achive that is our basis fo our rating and percentage no longer just the herd immunity),” Dr...

DAVAO CITY, Jan. 10 (PIA)-   The Bakuna by the Sea gets another much-needed sequel as Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao will open its doors for Bakuna Booster by the Sea starting January 12. The Bakuna Booster by the Sea aims to give booster COVID-19 vaccine shots to tourism and allied sector industry workers in Davao City, this amidst the present surge of COVID-19 cases and the presence of the Omicron variant in the country. The vaccination drive is organized by the Waterfront Insular Hotel, the City Government of Davao and the Davao Tourism Association composed of different tourism industry stakeholders in the city. Gatchi Gatchalian, president of the Davao Tourism Association said they will also be opening the booster shots to members of the Davao City media which were also recipients of the vaccination program during the Bakuna by the Sea held last year. Around 200 media practitioners were vaccinated at the Waterfront vaccination site. For those wanting to get their booster at the...

DAVAO CITY, Jan. 5 (PIA) – The Provincial Health Office of Davao Occidental has intensified its assistance in the COVID-19 vaccination in the five municipalities of the province, in a bid to finally reach herd immunity.     The administration of the COVID-19 vaccines though has been part of the efforts of the PHO since the onset of the vaccination drive especially in the municipality of Malita, but starting this month the PHO is set to help in the vaccination activities of the other local government units.   “Our assistance is not just technical, not just monitoring, but the PHO has also established our own vaccination site and has been administering the vaccines as help to our LGUs,” said Prince Paraiso, PHO’s Health Education and Promotion Officer.   Paraiso said that after Malita this week, the PHO’s vaccination team will be going to Jose Abad Santos and Sta. Maria in the following weeks.     “Hopefully by February we can proceed to Sarangani,” he a...

Davao Del Norte's Vaccination Program Coordinator, Dr. Eleanor H. Salva  DAVAO DEL NORTE, Dec. 22 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte's Vaccination Program Coordinator, Dr. Eleanor H. Salva said that people are not hesitant to take the vaccines in Davao Del Norte. They just lack the means or vehicles in going to vaccination sites, she explained in a radio program today, December 22, 2021. During her radio interview today, Dr. Salva reported the vaccination updates of the Province of Davao Del Norte including the top 3 local government units (LGUs) in terms of vaccination rate and those who are in the bottom 3 LGUs. The Province of Davao Del Norte as of December 21, 2021, vaccinated 48.6% of its target population for herd immunity which is 744,405 residents out of 1,063,426 total population. She further said that 74% of it is already vaccinated with the first dose and there is still 26% who are unvaccinated. Dr. Salva enumerated the top 3 LGUs with high vaccina...

DAVAO CITY, Dec. 15 (PIA)--- Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles is confident that Davao Region would hit  the  newly set vaccination target for the second round of Bayanihan Bakunahan, having noted the overall effort forged in the 1 st  round made it beyond the latest target.   “We are very confident that on phase II  maabot na nato ang target ,” CORDS XI Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said during the One Davao Presser, referring to the 2 nd  round of  Bayanihan Bakunahan on Dec 20,21, 22.   “ Sama sa akong gi-ingon (like what I said) 128,000 ang highest daily (jab) for phase I.. and for phase II, Very doable ang target for phase II. Kaya na nato,” he added.   Noting the 128,919 one day peak in jabbing of Davao Region in the first round, Nograles is optimistic that the 100,788 new daily vaccination target will surely be achieved with the full support of local chief executives, health workers and private partners.    Looking back, h...

  DOH-XI Reg Dir. Anabel Yumang, PIA Dir. Gen. Mon Cualoping and DILG RD Alex Roldan DAVAO CITY, Nov. 22 (PIA) - Concerted effort of the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) was shown as these agencies called for the support of local government units (LGUs) and participation of national government agencies (NGAs), and the private sector for the upcoming Bayanihan Bakunahan, a three-day nationwide vaccination event targeting to vaccinate 15 million Filipinos. “Tabangan nato nga makumbinsi ang mga wala pa nagpabakuna, mga nahadluk, ug mga nagduha-duha. Mao ra ni ang pamaagi aron dili na kita mubalik pa sa mga lockdown. That can only happen when we have protection of our population through vaccination. The government is doing everything for us to bounce back from this pandemic. Let’s do our part as citizens of this nation in helping one another,” said Usec. Ramon Cualoping III, Director General of ...

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 Novem...

DAVAO CITY, November 5 (PIA) – About 73,737 Dabawenyos were reached thru the Mobile Vaccination Program of the Davao City 19 th  City Council. Harvey Lanticse from the Office of the Vice Mayor announced in a program over Davao City Disaster Radio that the mobile vaccination program has already accounted 44,210 fully vaccinated individuals. “ We are expecting to reach 75,000 until the weekend. Yesterday alone, we have inoculated 2,5000 in five barangays,” Lanticse said. The mobile vaccination program is a strategy done in Davao City to fast track the vaccination roll out and reach out the individuals who have limitations in going to the regular vaccination sites. Each city councilor is assigned to a particular barangay where they lead in organizing up to mobilizing vaccinees for a vaccination schedule set in strategic venue within the barangay such as gymnasium or barangay hall. Meanwhile, the 19 th  City Council has also kicked off its first Door-to-door vaccination roll-out l...

DAVAO, Oct 27 (PIA) - Starting October 29, 2021, children aged 12-17 with comorbidities may get vaccinated in identified hospitals in Davao Region. The Department of Health XI (DOH XI) in a press release called on children under Pediatric A3 or those 12 to 17 years old with comorbidities to have themselves scheduled for vaccination by securing first a medical certificate detailing the child’s comorbidity, valid ID of the child and the parent or guardian, and any proof of filiation like the birth certificate. The hospitals identified to cater vaccination of the Pediatric A3 group are the following: Southern Philippines Medical  Center, Metro Davao Medical and Research Center, and the Seamen's Hospital in R. Castillo, Davao del Sur Provincial Hospital, Davao Regional Medical Center, Davao De Oro Provincial Hospital, and Davao Oriental Provincial Medical Center.   The DOH XI further clarified t hat Moderna and Pfizer vaccines against COVID19 have an Emergency Use Authorization (E...

DAVAO CITY -  The province of Davao de Oro will start the vaccination of children aged 12 to 17 years old with comorbidities on October 29, 2021. Provincial Vaccination In charge and Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Mary Cyrel Pasaol disclosed that the vaccination for this vulnerable group will be done at the four Davao de Oro Provincial Hospitals. “Hospital base ni ang pagbakuna kay unang-una, naa tay mga medical specialists and pediatricians sa atong mga hospitals; and ikaduha, since ang kaning age group kay ginaconsider as vulnerable group, ” Dr. Pasaol said. (This is a hospital-based vaccination because first, we have medical specialists and pediatricians in our hospitals; and secondly, since this age group is considered as vulnerable group.) Dr. Pasaol encouraged the parents, guardians, or those persons belonging to this group to visit their Rural Health Unit or the Municipal Health Office to register for the vaccination. She said that the requirements that will be brou...

DAVAO CITY, Oct 19 (PIA) -  The Department of Health XI (DOH XI) is optimistic that Davao Region will be included in the Phase 3 implementation of the vaccination for individuals aged 12 to 17 years old with comorbidities by November this year. DOH XI Vaccination Program Focal Dr. Janis Olavides said that currently, vaccination is still done in the National Capital Region (NCR). Phase 3 of implementation will then follow including all regions which have exceeded 50% of their target senior citizen population. As of October 18, the Davao region has already covered 47% of the target number of senior citizens to be vaccinated. The local government units (LGUs) have been informed to strategize more to capture the unvaccinated senior citizens. DOH XI also announced that 12 to 17 years old individuals with comorbidities may heed to the instruction of the LGU as to the mechanics if masterlisting or pre-registration is still needed. While waiting for the green light for the pediatric vaccin...

DAVAO CITY, Oct. 15 (PIA) – Jose Abad Santos Mayor Jason John Joyce of Davao Occidental said that the vaccination rate in the municipality has recently improved due to the increased awareness among the constituents on the vaccination campaign against COVID-19.   Although the mayor admitted that there was vaccination hesitancy among their senior citizens, he said that the local government unit and the health care frontliners like the midwives and barangay health workers have never ceased explaining the importance of the vaccination.   “Never  tayo nagkaroon ng kakulangan sa mga bakuna mula sa  national government. We really appreciate the Duterte presidency for being very efficient in providing vaccines for far flung areas especially in the GIDAs and poor municipalities,” Joyce stated.   The vaccination rollout is ongoing with the help of the Provincial Health Office of Davao Occidental and the Department of Health Region XI, the mayor said during Friday’s (...

DAVAO CITY, Oct. 15 (PIA)- Davao City is inching its way into achieving COVID-19 herd immunity as 669,770 Dabawenyos (as of Oct. 9) are fully vaccinated which is equivalent to 55.81% of the city's population.   Dr. Michelle Schlosser, the focal person of Davao City’s Covid-19 Task Force said the numbers could go higher as vaccinations are still ongoing.   She said Davao City is targeting to achieve herd immunity by year end, which is 70 to 80% of the city’s population estimated at 1.2 million people.   Dr. Schlosser said that 66.08% (as of Oct. 9) or 792,932 individuals have already been vaccinated with the first dose.   To reach the herd immunity goal they are looking at several measures which include expanding Bakuna Nights or the nighttime vaccination. Schlosser said they are eyeing several malls in the city such as Abreeza, Gaisano Mall, SM Lanang, Gaisano Mall of Toril to host Bakuna Nights.   The Bakuna Nights aims to serve Dabawenyos who cannot go to dayt...

DAVAO CITY, Oct. 12 (PIA) – All provinces in Davao Region are now ready to cater the remaining adult population who are not yet vaccinated as more COVID 19 vaccine deliveries arrive at the Davao International Airport. Earlier today, 114,000 doses of Coronavac vaccines from Sinovac were delivered to the region on board Cebu Pacific Cargo DG 5811. Last October 8, 64,350 doses of Pfizer BioNTech Comirnaty arrived at the DIA on board PAL PR 1809. A day earlier, 77,220 doses of the same brand of vaccine were received by the Department of Health XI (DOH). In a DOH XI press release, the office received a total of 994,500 doses of Pfizer BioNTech Comirnaty as donated by the United States Government through the COVAX facility. DOH XI Undersecretary Dr. Abdullah Dumama Jr. stated that “the acceptance of the donated vaccines clearly manifests a global participation and cooperation to put an end to this pandemic.” The Director of the Health of the United States Agency for International Development...