Visayas Vaccination Operations Center spokesperson and Department of Health-7 chief pathologist Dr. Mary Jean Loreche. (File photo) CEBU CITY - Amid a lower booster jab rate in Central Visayas during the election season, local chief executives in the region were urged to ramp up booster inoculation against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). "A booster will ensure that the immunity of a person is maintained in order to remain protected from the Covid-19 virus," Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, regional pathologist and Visayas Vaccination Operations Center spokesperson, said on Monday. She said the diminishing fear of people getting Covid-19 has contributed to the drop in the number of vaccinees showing up for their booster jab. "Yes, it's highly probable that people have seen the low number of (Covid-19) cases and think that they don't need the vaccine, especially those for booster shots," Loreche told the Philippine News Agency. She also said shifting priorities of
Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas chief pathologist and Visayas Vaccination Operations Office spokesperson Dr. Mary Jean Loreche. (File photo) CEBU CITY - The Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC) is confident that Lapu-Lapu City will be added to the two localities in Central Visayas placed under coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) Alert Level 1, a spokesperson said on Friday. Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas chief pathologist, Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, said Lapu-Lapu City was able to reconcile its vaccination data, pulling out names from other categories and transferred them to the A2 category for the national vaccine rollout. "Lapu-Lapu City was able to present its compliance to the fourth requirement before a locality can be allowed to transition to Alert Level 1, that is to inoculate 70 percent of the total population of elderlies," Loreche, also a VVOC spokesperson, told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) in an interview. The city pulled out data of
Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, Department of Health (DOH)-Region 7 chief pathologist. (Screengrab from VVOC video) CEBU CITY - Aggressive inoculation of eligible population and compliance with the minimum health standards protect the Central Visayas region from surges driven by coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) variants and sub-variants, a health official said on Tuesday. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, Department of Health (DOH)-Region 7 chief pathologist, said in a presser at the Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC) that local government units' (LGU) efforts to inoculate their constituents have paid back. She noted a slowdown in Covid-19 cases despite the reported presence of "Delmicron", a combination of the Covid-19 variants Delta and Omicron, as well as the BA.2 or the sub-variant of Omicron known as "Stealth Omicron". As of Monday, Central Visayas recorded a total of 896 active cases with more than half coming from this capital city. The neighboring cities of Man