The city government of Davao is still facing the challenge of enticing people to get vaccinated and is utilizing various strategies to convince residents to get vaccinated.
The urgency is even more imperative as the school season is about to start.
Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force, announced that vaccinees are treated with raffles and giveaways at the People’s Park vaccination site.
“We have pa raffle and giveaways for lucky individuals,” Schlosser said.
The city government of Davao is also engaging the Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs) for a community drive.
The BHERTs have been deployed to announce the fixed vaccination site and mobile vaccination schedules at the district health offices to the barangay constituents.
“BHERTS will disseminate the message and inform the public. I am a believer that barangay officials have direct interaction with the community. We will equip them as champions of spreading the benefit of the vaccine. Murag nabuhat na nato ang tanan pakulo na maisip dinhi sa Davao City so that we can invite people. All we have to do is to continue those strategies,” she said.
Schlosser reminded the public of the importance of getting vaccinated for an additional layer of protection against Covid-19.
“Ang pagpa bakuna is good enough to keep our community, our country healthy and further open our economy for recovery. Kami sa health cluster dili namo kaya with our effort lang, we really need the efforts of everyone and the effort that we are asking you is to have yourselves vaccinated para protektado mo, inyong pamilya, ug komunidad,” she said.
Schlosser reported that as of July 29, 2022, a total of 96 cases were recorded putting Davao City at 15 percent positivity rate.
“The only acceptable positivity rate is 5 percent. I hope this will serve as a strong reminder sa tanang katawhan naa gihapon ang Covid-19 and need yourself vaccinated para protektado whether we like it or not ‘pak one pak all’ gyud ta diri sa Davao City and other neighboring LGUs,” she said.
For the past weeks, there are a total of 272 active cases plus 239 cases covering July 17 to 23, 2022.
“Medyo nakuhaan na kay naay recovery but with the number of cases nga naa ta ug madungagan gyud ni siya,” she said.
She reported that there are five deaths recorded covering the period July 17 to 23, 2022 and among the deaths, two were unvaccinated and three vaccinated without booster doses.
“We are emphasizing importante gyud ang booster because just like any other vaccines naga-wane ang iyahang efficacy, therefore we need to boost it,” she said.