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SunStar Photo from Davao City Information Office + THE Davao City Government will start its vaccine rollout for senior citizens on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Dr. Josephine Villafuerte, head of the Davao City Vaccination Cluster, told SunStar Davao in a phone interview that they will be piloting the vaccine rollout with Sinovac's CoronaVac. Selected seniors will be inoculated at SM Lanang Premiere and at Matina Aplaya Elementary School around 10 a.m. A total of 200 seniors will be vaccinated in Lanang, while around 150 seniors in Matina. Villafuerte said that on Wednesday, May 12, the city wi...

SunStar Photo by Mark Perandos April 25, 2021 ALL first-generation close contacts (F1) in Davao City are now required to undergo quarantine while waiting for their test results. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on April 20, 2021, issued Executive Order (EO) No. 20-A, Series of 2021, known as “An Order Providing For Mandatory Swabbing Of All F1, F2, and F3 Contacts Of An RT-PCR Confirmed Positive Case Of Covid-19 In Davao City.” This is an amendment to EO 20, signed by Acting Mayor Sebastian Duterte issued on Thursday, April 8. Section 2 of the EO states, “All F1 contact...

April 21, 2021 THE Davao City Health Office is planning to add more Covid-19 swab testing areas, including a drive-thru, to cater to more targeted individuals. City Health Office (CHO) Acting Head Dr. Ashley Lopez said in a radio interview on Wednesday, April 21, that their office is planning to expand its Covid-19 testing to open field areas such as the Magsaysay Park and People's Park to cater to targeted residents within the downtown area. The move aims to decongest the Sta. Ana Health Center, the city's main swabbing center, which is currently experiencing congestion with the...

SunStar April 09, 2021 THE Davao City Government has now ordered the “mandatory swab testing” of all close contacts, including the second and third generation contacts of confirmed Covid-19 patients. This is part of the city’s recalibrated strategies to prevent and control the spread of the coronavirus in the city. Acting Mayor Sebastian Duterte issued on Thursday, April 8, Executive Order (EO) 20, or "An Order Providing for Mandatory Swabbing of All F1, F2, And F3 Contacts of an RT-PCR [Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction] Confirmed Positive Case of Covid-19 In...

SunStar Photo by Mark Perandos April 05, 2021 CLOSE contacts of Covid-19 patients will now be notified through the Safe Davao QR (DQR) push notification that they will be subjected to testing, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said in a radio interview on Monday, March 5, 2021. "Duna tay bag-o nga guide sa atong testing. Ang atong DQR, maghatag na siya og message karon nga mag-inform sa imo nga [scheduled] for testing naka (We have a new guide in our testing, wherein our DQR system will send notification through text message to inform the QR code holder that he/she is schedule...