May 21, 2021 THE provincial government of Negros Occidental, through its Provincial Health Office, is further strengthening its advocacy awareness, as it admitted having a problem in the acceptability of Covid-19 vaccines at the local level. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Ernell Tumimbang expressed concern Thursday, May 20, 2021, that there will be a shortage of people to be inoculated. This as the national government is distributing vaccines according to utilization needs of local government units, he said. Tumimbang said the provincial government of Negros Occidental has already submitted its target of one million Negrenses who will be up for vaccination. “I hope we will be able to address the vaccination of this one million (people)”, he added.