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PROTECTED CHILD. A child closes his eyes as Ian Lloyd Solizar, a male nurse in General Santos City, administers the reformulated Pfizer vaccine that signaled the start for the vaccination of 5 to 11-year-old age group in the area on Monday (Feb. 14, 2022). The city health office is targeting to immunize 9,000 children under the category. (Photo by Richelyn Gubalani - PNA Gensan) GENERAL SANTOS CITY- The city government rolled out on Monday the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination driv...

From single-day cases of 32 on January 11, the number goes up to 161 in a day on January 28

SELFIE. A vaccine recipient (right) takes a selfie as a volunteer healthcare worker (left) prepares to administer a shot on Monday morning (Nov. 29, 2021) inside the McDonalds branch in Barangay Lagao, General Santos City, which is designated as a Covid-19 inoculation site. Hundreds of residents lined up outside the fast-food branch to avail of the Covid-19 jabs in line with the three-day National Vaccination Days. (PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Health authorities here ha...

SELFIE. A vaccine recipient (right) takes a selfie as a volunteer healthcare worker (left) prepares to administer a shot on Monday morning (Nov. 29, 2021) inside the McDonalds branch in Barangay Lagao, General Santos City, which is designated as a Covid-19 inoculation site. Hundreds of residents lined up outside the fast-food branch to avail of the Covid-19 jabs in line with the three-day National Vaccination Days. (PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Health authorities here ha...

(PNA GenSan file photo) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The city government has sustained its intensified border surveillance against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) even as the confirmed infections here have continued to decrease in the past several weeks. Dr. Rochelle Oco, head of the City Health Office (CHO), said on Thursday the border monitoring measures and activities in the city are still in place as the threats posed by the spread of Covid-19, especially its highly infectious variants, stil...

Dr. Rochelle Oco, head of General Santos City Health Office (PNA GenSan file photo) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The city government is targeting to capture more essential workers and residents who were hesitant to avail of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines in its newly launched mobile vaccination program. Dr. Rochelle Oco, head of the City Health Office (CHO), said they have allotted at least 500 vaccination slots for each sortie of their "bakuna bus", which made its second sto...

The General Santos City Hall (PNA GenSan file photo) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - A total of 47 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) "variants of concern" here have so far been reported but the majority of the patients have fully recovered, health authorities said on Wednesday. Dr. Rochelle Oco, city health office (CHO) chief, said at least four Covid-19 variants, including the dreaded Delta, have been detected in the area based on the results of their expanded biosurveillance in coor...

Dr. Rochelle Oco, head of the City Health Office (Photo courtesy of the city government) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The city government has raised concern over the continuing reluctance by some senior citizens here to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Dr. Rochelle Oco, head of the City Health Office, acknowledged on Tuesday that they are facing problems with the vaccination coverage for priority group A2 or senior citizens even as they are considered as among the most vul...