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DAVAO CITY-   Diabetologists are urging unvaccinated diabetics to get vaccinated to protect them from the more serious effect of COVID-19, as people with uncontrolled blood sugar will likely have worse conditions when stricken with COVID-19. If a diabetic is infected with COVID-19 mas worse iyang outcome as compared to a person na walay diabetes labi na sa diabetic na uncontrolled ang kanilang blood sugar, sila yung nagkakaproblema during the infection (They would have worse outcome as compared to a person without diabetes most especially those with uncontrolled blood sugar they are the ones who will be having problems during the infection),” says Dr. Grace P. Aquitania, diabetologist Philippine College of Physicians. Meanwhile Dr. Veronica Avellanosa Racho the head of the Bariatric, Metabolic and Weight Management Center of the Davao Doctors bared that COVID-19 also affects the pancreas and there is a possibility that those without diabetes will develop the condition after bei...

DAVAO CITY, November 23 (PIA) – Following the advisory issued by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for local government units to join and support the Bayanihan Bakunahan on November 29 to December 1, the LGUs in Davao Region are now preparing for the actual conduct of the nationwide vaccination event.  “Ongoing na ang mga meetings sa different LGUs in preparation for the event. They are now working on the logistics, their target number of vaccinees, how to go about with the vaccination, and also how to get volunteers,” DILG XI Regional Director Alex Roldan said. Bayanihan Bakunahan is a collaboration effort of the government together with various communities and organizations for National Vaccination Day, a vaccination drive aimed to jab 5 million per day on November 29, 30 and December 1. The DILG committed its contact tracers together with barangay officials to look for the unvaccinated individuals in every barangay. Director Roldan shared that looking for t...

Household vaccination in Mati City (photo by Mati CIO) DAVAO CITY, Oct. 22 (PIA)- The City of Mati in Davao Oriental is bringing its COVID-19 vaccination program to purok clusters and households.   Today Friday (Oct. 22) the Mati City Health Office has started its house-to-house vaccination for senior citizens and people with comorbidities. This will complement the ongoing vaccinations at the designated vaccination sites and those scheduled in the barangays.   On Oct. 4 the City has accepted walk-in vaccinees at the Davao Oriental State University campus. A vaccination program for DORSU students was started on Oct. 16.   Officials have hoped that students would become ambassadors for the vaccine that can help convince people to come out and be vaccinated.   Mati City is targeting to fully vaccinate 40% of its population by December this year. In the recent data it has vaccinated over 32,000 of its residents or a vaccination ratio of about 30% of its population. ...

D AVAO CITY- The City Government of Davao and private tourism stakeholders has partnered to vaccinate the workforce of various tourism, tourism-related establishments in Davao City. “As of now we are targeting 5,000 vaccinees from the tourism sector,” said Cherry Faye B. Al-ag, president-elect of the Davao Tourism Association (DATA) a private sector group which represents the various stakeholders of the region’s tourism industry. Al-ag said the vaccination of the tourism workers was born from the city government’s efforts to seek the help of the private sector to fast-track the vaccination of its residents. She said various companies in the sector has joined hands to make the vaccination program into a reality. For one, Waterfront Hotel Davao has agreed to shoulder the logistical needs of the vaccination, which includes the provision of the venue for the vaccination site. “This morning, our vaccination site has been approved which is the Waterfront Hotel. The venue, the hotel pavilion...