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ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Department of Health (DOH) 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) has urged senior citizens anew on Wednesday to submit themselves for vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Dr. Augusto Manolo Alpichi, DOH-9 assistant director, made the call after observing that the number of fully vaccinated senior citizens has yet to reach 50 percent of the 23,488 total eligible population for the elderly here. Alpichi said they have recorded 111,557 senior citizens who were fully vaccinated since the vaccination program started in March this year. The figure represents 46.97 percent of the total eligible elderly population. "We encourage our elderly to get themselves vaccinated since there is a low turnout for the A2 priority group which has yet to reach 50 percent," he said. He noted that the senior citizens under the A2 priority group were among those who were given priority under the vaccination program since they are vulnerable to Covid-19 infection. He said
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) on Monday said it has received its 41st batch of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine shipment consisting of 315,528 doses from its central office in Manila. Dr. Augusto Manolo Alpichi, DOH assistant regional director, said the shipment consisted of 195,468 doses of Pfizer; 99,760 Moderna; and 20,300 AstraZeneca. Alpichi said DOH-9 has already received a total of 1,959,818 doses of vaccines since the government's vaccination program rolled out in March, this year. Of that total, he said 955,390 doses were Sinovac vaccines. The rest are as follows: Pfizer, 437,658 doses; AstraZeneca, 304,850; Moderna, 139,520; Janssen, 109,200; and, Gamaleya, 13,200. Alpichi said the DOH, in coordination with local government units, has started using a number of schools as additional vaccination centers where face-to-face classes have yet to begin. He said they have also extended the number of hours and days of