Davao City – Persons with comorbidities are urged to visit their barangay and register as they are the next priority group scheduled to get inoculated.
In the virtual presser hosted by the Department of Health XI earlier today, DOH XI regional director Dr. Annabelle Yumang has called on those individuals with comorbidities to get themselves counted by visiting their barangay center.
“Just like the previous priority groups, we are also coming up with a masterlist of the A3 group so we would know how many vaccines are needed for this group,” Dr. Yumang said.
Qualified under the A3 Priority Group is any adult between 18-59 years old with any controlled comorbidity.
Identified comorbidities are among the top causes of COVID19 and national morbidity and mortality which include chronic respiratory disease, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, cerebrovascular disease, malignancy, diabetes, obesity, chronic liver disease, neurologic disease, immunodeficiency state.
Based on the Department Memorandum 2021-0157, individuals under this priority group may just provide as proof of comorbidity the following issued the past 18 months: medical certificate from an attending physician; prescription for medicines; hospital records such as the discharge summary and medical abstract; and surgical records and pathology reports.
In the report of DOH XI as of May 23, there are now 55,125 masterlisted eligible population for A3; 353,268 masterlisted eligible for A2 with so far 40,059 vaccinated with first dose. For A1 priority group, masterlisted eligible population is 84,692; vaccinated with first dose are 98,275 individuals while 39,116 were vaccinated with second dose.
The Davao Region has so far received 371,730 doses of vaccines. Consumption rate for the first dose allocation is already at 62.36 percent or 138,334 while 39,116 doses out of the 129,865 allocation for the second dose have already been administered. (Frances Mae Macapagat, PIA XI)
