CEBU CITY – With low vaccination turnout for senior citizens, the Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC) has urged local governments in the province to shift to a house-to-house master listing of the A2 priority sector instead of only relying on online registration.
Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas chief pathologist, said out of the 549,444 senior citizens eligible for inoculation under the A2 priority group, only 21% or 115,648 had received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. And only 25% or 29,150 had received the second dose.
“Senior citizens are not techie, especially those who are living in the far-flung areas. It is incumbent upon the LGUs, upon our local officials to make sure to make a house to house registration and invite seniors. I think that is a very good way of making sure that we can get them to be master listed and encourage them to be vaccinated,” Loreche said.
Loreche also urged the public to help the government by encouraging senior citizens to get their Covid-19 jabs, saying all vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration are safe and effective in preventing the spread of the deadly respiratory virus.
She, however, admitted that the low supply of the vaccines has contributed to the slower inoculation effort for those under the A2 category. (John Rey Saavedra)
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