CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Health - Northern Mindanao (DOH-10) on Thursday advised local government units (LGUs) in the region to visit their far-flung areas and launch mobile vaccination missions. In an online briefer, Dr. Jose Llacuna Jr., DOH-10 director, made the suggestion in response to Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano's statement stressing that most of the unvaccinated individuals are residents from hinterland communities. Llacuna, however, acknowledged the initiative of most of the LGUs where they provide transportation for residents from isolated barangays going to the vaccination sites. "In our experience, the LGUs are the ones that transport their residents (to vaccination centers). However, if that's not possible, we tell them we go there because they deserve nothing less from the government," he said. Llacuna also advised the LGUs to use air-conditioned vehicles to preserve the required temperature and int
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 10 (Northern Mindanao) on Friday appealed to parents to let their children get inoculated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine. Dr. David Mendoza, DOH-10 local health support division chief, noted during an online forum that the vaccination of people under the "rest of the population" or pediatric category, children aged 12 to 17, has already begun in different parts of the country. "We are encouraging the parents to register their children for the pediatric vaccination to protect each family. There's no 'walk-in' for this category, that is why pre-registration is important," he said. Mendoza said in Northern Mindanao, the government has already administered vaccination to more than two million people, of which more than a million have been fully vaccinated. In Lanao del Norte, DOH-10 director, Dr. Jose Llacuna Jr., led the initial pediatric vaccination on 125 minors with como