The Zamboanga City Hall. (PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city government has further accelerated its vaccination campaign here by innovating strategies to reach out to the targeted eligible population. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said Monday the innovations include house-to-house vaccination, mobile vaccination, and drive-thru vaccination, among others. "Let us help in our vaccination campaign by convincing our family members to get vaccinated," Salazar said. The house-to-house vaccination is focused on barangays within a seven-kilometer radius of the city while the mobile vaccination team goes around business establishments and cannery, as well as fishing firms. The drive-thru vaccination is being conducted at the Integrated Bus Terminal in Barangay Divisoria. Salazar said the City Health Office (CHO) has administered a total of 1,297,821 doses of vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) since the government's vaccination program rolled out in
CHILDREN VACCINATION. A child curiously looks while Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, injects him with a vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) at the Zamboanga Central School in Zamboanga City on Monday (Feb. 14, 2022). The Department of Health in Region 9 is targeting to vaccinate 500,000 children five to 11 years old as the vaccination rolled out on the same day in the region. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga CIO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Department of Health in the Zamboanga Peninsula (DOH-9) is targeting to vaccinate some 500,000 children aged five to 11 years old in the region against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Dr. Joshua Brillantes, DOH-9 director, made the announcement Monday as the vaccination for children aged five to 11 kicked off in the region. Brillantes said the vaccination of children is being conducted in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd). Brillantes urged the parents to allow their children to be vaccinated in time for
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Zamboanga Peninsula remains free from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Department of Health-Zamboanga Peninsula (DOH-9) reported Tuesday. "So far there is none (of the Omicron variant cases)," Dr. Joshua Brillantes, DOH-9 director, said. However, Brillantes said the local government units (LGUs) and hospital authorities should still be prepared to address any surge in Covid-19 cases amid the threat posed by the Omicron variant. Health experts said the Omicron variant, which was first found in South Africa on Nov. 24, 2021, is likely to spread more easily than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus. Brillantes noted that the Philippines has detected a total of 43 Omicron variant cases, mostly from international travelers based on the report of the Philippine Genome Center. Of the total cases, 35 are asymptomatic, seven are symptomatic and the remaining one is unknown. "What we have prepared before should be strengthened,"