ZAMBOANGA CITY - A total of 1,218,205 doses of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine have so far been administered in this city since the vaccination rolled out in March 2021, the city health office (CHO) reported Friday. Of the total doses administered, the CHO said 620,345 were for the first dose, while the remaining 597,860 were for the second dose. The CHO data showed that the majority of those partially vaccinated are front-liners in the essential sector who fall under the A4 priority group with 160,021. The rest are the following: workers in front-line health services (A1), 19,206; senior citizens (A2), 51,787; individuals with comorbidity (A3), 70,704; indigents (A5), 113,045; rest of the population (ROP), 113,420; pediatrics with comorbidity (12-17 years old), 1,760; and, rest of the pediatric population (ROPP), 90,402. The A4 priority group also comprised the majority of fully vaccinated individuals with 151,481, according to the CHO. The remaining fully vaccinated i
VACCINATION PROGRAM. A resident gets his coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine dose Thursday (Jan. 13, 2022) in one of the shopping malls in Zamboanga City. Over one million individuals have received the Covid-19 vaccine in the city as the local government ramps up its vaccination program to achieve mass population protection the soonest. (Photo courtesy of City Hall Public Information Office) ZAMBOANGA CITY - A total of 1,134,290 individuals have received the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine in this city since the start of the government's vaccination program in March 2021. The City Health Office reported Friday that the city government aggressively pursues vaccination of eligible population belonging to different priority groups. Of the total, 526,092 individuals representing 75.72 percent of the total target eligible population of 694,696 have received their second dose of Covid-19 vaccines or are fully vaccinated. The fully vaccinated individuals belong to the
Zamboanga City Health Office ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city health office (CHO) reported Wednesday that a total of 1,098,532 individuals have received their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines since the start of the vaccination rollout here in March 2021. Data from the CHO showed that 602,812 of the 1,098,532 vaccinees have received their first dose while the remaining 495,720 have received their second dose of Covid-19 vaccines as of Tuesday. The data showed that 86.7 percent of the target eligible population have been partially inoculated while the remaining 13.3 percent have been fully vaccinated. The target eligible population for both first and second doses is 694,696, according to the CHO report. The first dose Covid-19 vaccine recipients included health front-liners (A1), 19,132; senior citizens (A2), 50,613; individuals with comorbidity (A3), 69,977; front-liner personnel in essential sector, 158,367 (A4); indigents (A5), 111,993; rest of population (ROP), 108,279; pediatri
City Hall of Zamboanga(PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - About 1,049,785 city residents have received their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) jabs since the start of the vaccine rollout in March, the City Health Office (CHO) has reported. Data from the CHO released on Saturday showed that 452,366 of the total have been fully vaccinated while the remaining 597,419 have received their first dose. The numbers for fully vaccinated and partially inoculated individuals represent 65.11 percent and 85.99 percent, respectively, of the target eligible population of 694,696. "Zamboanga City aggressively pursues vaccination with the aim of achieving mass population protection (at) the soonest possible time," Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said in a statement. The 452,366 fully protected individuals belong to the following priority groups: 18,000 front-line health service workers; 43,421 senior citizens; 73,547 individuals with co-morbidity; 120,447 front-line personnel in the esse