Various companies chaired by business leader Manuel V. Pangilinan provided PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) connectivity and communications support to ensure seamless operations during the government’s pilot Bayanihan, Bakunahan National Vaccination Days (NVD). The massive inoculation drive of the National Task Force against COVID-19 (NTF) and National Vaccines Operation Center (NVOC) from November 29 to December 1, 2021 also coincided with the MVP Group’s pilot COVID-19 booster vaccination for qualified non-medical employees and their dependents.
SUPPORTFOR VAX DRIVE. A total of 429 cops from the Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) are deployed to various vaccination sites in the region to provide support to the ongoing Bayanihan, Bakunahan immunization campaign from Nov. 29 to Dec. 31, 2021. The PRO-13 reported that the first day of the activity in the region was orderly and peaceful. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13 Information Office) BUTUAN CITY - The Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) has deployed a total of 429 police personnel to various vaccination sites in the region to provide support to the ongoing three-day Bayanihan, Bakunahan National Vaccination Days. In a statement Tuesday, PRO-13 director Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr. said of the total police personnel fielded for the November 29 to December 1 massive immunization campaign, 310 are serving as security forces in vaccination sites. "In addition, 46 of the total personnel deployed are serving as vaccinators, 34 as standby nurses, and 48 are medical reser
MASS VACCINATION. Iloilo City has vaccinated 112.45 percent of the target eligible population against Covid-19, based on the goal of the national government. However, the city has an accomplishment of 67.61 percent based on the local government target. (Infographic courtesy of Iloilo City Health Office/PIO) ILOILO CITY - The local government here has vaccinated 112.45 percent of its target eligible population against coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Iloilo City COVID Team spokesperson Jeck Conlu, in an interview with the local media on Monday, said those vaccinated are local residents based on the target set by the national office of the Department of Health (DOH). "If we base on the target population of the DOH, we are more than the herd immunity," he said, noting that this highly urbanized city is number one in terms of accomplishment outside of Metro Manila. The DOH placed 70 percent of the city population at 335,172 based on 2021 data. As of Nov. 28, the number of fully va