PIA Davao Region

DAVAO CITY, Jan. 18 (PIA) – The Davao Region has so far vaccinated 80.8% of the target herd immunity or at least 70% of its target population. The Regional Vaccination Operation Center, in a meeting today, reported that 3,037,198 with at least one dose have been vaccinated. Said number is considered a significant reduction from the region’s target population of 5,371,254. The Davao Region has also reached 70.1% of the target for individuals receiving the second dose. So far, based on the same target population there are still 722,680 individuals who have yet to be vaccinated or 19.2% of the target population. “ We thank all our partners, for helping us achieve this number of vaccinated individuals. However, we still have many unvaccinated in the region. Davao City, which leads in the vaccine utilization region-wide, has already vaccinated 98.5% or 1,280,296 individuals for the first dose while 92.6% or 1,203,453 individuals with complete vaccination. The City is still looking for the 1

    DAVAO CITY- The president of the Davao Tourism Association, Renato "Gatchi" Gatchalian said that it is the new role of the business owners to inform and educate their workers on the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines. “It is now our role as businessmen to let them (employees) understand na because of the situation they have to cooperate, they just have to resurrender themselves to this weapon, kasi hindi natin alam etong gyera na hindi natin nakikita ang kalaban, kelangan natin ng weapon at ang bakuna ay isang sandata . (we do not know this war, which we do not see the enemy, we need this weapon and the vaccine is the weapon). Gatchalian’s DATA along with various tourism businesses in Davao City is partnering with the City Government of Davao to vaccinate around 5,000 to 7,000 tourism workers in the city. DATA is an association of tourism and tourism-allied establishments operating in the city. Gatchalian a popular local restaurateur known for his coffee shops and themed rest