Davao City – Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte has reiterated the need to observe minimum public health standards even after the vaccination.
The city mayor made the call urging the public to still observe the minimum health protocols, such as wearing of face masks and face shields, frequent hand washing, and physical distancing until the city achieves herd immunity.
“Ang importanteng buhaton nato karon is the emphasis of minimum public health standards and other COVID-19 health regulations and ikaduha paspasan nato ang pagbakuna sa atoang mga healthcare workers inside the hospitals,” Duterte said, stressing also the need to immediately inoculate medical workers as soon as the vaccines are made available in the city.
After the first vaccination rollout last Friday, March 5, which inoculated at least 150 medical workers from Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC), the immunization against COVID-19 to health workers from the different private hospitals in the city has also started today.
Duterte also said that more anti-COVID-19 vaccines coming from the national government and the city’s procurement from private firms are expected to arrive in the city in the coming days.
“Ang priority nato sa pagkakaron is ang bakuna and ensuring na adunay bakuna moabot and dunay mga tao nga mabakunahan,” Duterte said.
The city government is also intensifying its COVID-19 vaccination campaign programs to explain further the benefits of completing the vaccines.
“Our way of making people opt nga magpabakuna or choose nga magpabakuna is kaning pag-explain sa ilaha,” Duterte explained, adding that government employees are not forced to undergo vaccination.
Davao City targets to vaccinate 1.2 million of the 1.8 million population to achieve herd immunity.
(City Information Office | Michael Manguhig, RPN DXKT Davao OIC)