CEBU - The municipal government of Consolacion said it is targeting to reach herd immunity among its constituents before Christmas in an effort to control or slow down the spread of the Covid-19.
Mayor Joyjoy Alegado said to be able to attain herd
immunity, the local government is already looking for more strategies to make
the Covid-19 vaccine accessible to the people, noting that the number of people
who are coming to the jab sites is dropping.
“Actually,
our team really has a target of November in reaching herd immunity with 2,000
jabs per day. If we could really achieve that we will be able to reach herd
immunity before Christmas,” he told Secretary Martin Andanar, of the
Presidential Communications Operations Office, during a recent virtual
briefing.
According
to Alegado, they are studying the possibility of replicating the drive-thru
vaccination sites currently done in Metro Manila. He also cited the “Bakuna
Nights” strategy for the benefit of the working class. He added that they will
be starting with their barangay rollout this week.
“Maybe
people do not want to travel anymore so we will be the ones going to the
barangays and we will also be doing house-to-house vaccination among those who
are bedridden individuals including their families,” he said.
Alegado
said that the said barangay and house-to-house rollout will be part of their
information drive as well, since vaccine hesitancy remains a challenge for the
local government. He said they are also planning to incentivize the vaccination
program in order to encourage other residents to get vaccinated.
“We’re almost finished with those who have registered and
that is still a meager amount, and we really need to add more people to get the
jabs. With that, we are hoping that our numbers of vaccinated individuals will
increase,” he said.
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