Seven barangays of Bacolod City with the highest number of COVID-19 cases will be prioritized by the city government in its house-to-house vaccination campaign that started Oct. 20.
These are barangays Mansilingan, Taculing, Tangub, Estefania, Villamonte, Mandalagan, and Alijis.
“An intensified house-to-house vaccination will pave the way to herd immunity,” Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) executive director Em Ang said, adding that the campaign involves the city’s Vax-i mobile buses.
It is being implemented in close coordination with the barangay captains and their barangay health and emergency response teams.
Ang said that with the support from barangay officials and residents, the house-to-house vaccination will be a success.
“Let’s help each other. Let’s make house visits and vaccinate not only those who are bedridden, but also other qualified yet unvaccinated residents. This is one strategy that we need to employ,” EOC deputy for Medical Data Management and Analysis, Dr. Chris Sorongon, said in a press release from the city Oct. 21.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the goal of the city is to make the vaccination program more accessible to everyone so that Bacolod will achieve herd immunity and control the COVID-19 spread.
The EOC-TF clarified though that getting vaccinated against COVID is not mandatory, and it “has always been voluntary.”
EOC reports show that, as of Oct. 16, a total of 213,828 Bacolodnons have already received their vaccine shots, with 157,825 fully vaccinated.
Barangay officials, meanwhile, vowed to strictly monitor patients under home isolation and the sealed-off homes of close contacts.
They also promised to strengthen the monitoring and enforcement of minimum health protocols, and to intensify information and education campaign on COVID-19 vaccination. | NND
