CHIKITING BAKUNA. The table shows the number of targeted children for the routine or catch-up immunization of the Department of Health in Western Visayas set every last Thursday and Fridaythis May and June.National Immunization Program medical coordinator Dr. Daphynie Teorima, on Wednesday (May 11, 2022) said that there is a need to close the region's high immunity gap.(Photo screengrab from DOH live streaming) ILOILO CITY - The Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH WV CHD) is expanding its catch-up immunization to other provinces of the region this May and June to close the wide gap for vaccine-preventable diseases for over 52,000 children below two years old. "Our 2021 data has shown that our coverage is 64.36 percent. This is second to the lowest since 2015, a remarkable decrease compared with our 2020 coverage (70.94 percent). There is an increased immunity gap that we have to close that is why we are doing our catch-up immunization,"