by Nimfa Estrellado March 25, 2021 Medical doctors and nurses of the Quezon Medica...
March 25, 2021
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| Medical doctors and nurses of the Quezon Medical Center in Lucena City, Quezon gets their vaccine jabs during the roll-out in the province held on March 10, 2021. |
LUCENA CITY - Since the early stages of the vaccine roll-out on March 1, 2021, Lucena City in the province of Quezon has had the highest vaccination coverage rate of 36.3 percent, or 1,387 out of 3,821 health care workers, against Covid-19, the highest in the country, while Quezon province has the lowest coverage rate of only 2.9 percent, or 330 out of 11,311.
Department of Health (DOH) Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo announced that out of the total 86,425 total eligible population for Priority Group A1, i.e., health care workers (HCWs) in hospitals and infirmaries, 13,311 people, or 15.4%, had already been vaccinated.
Sinovac has a 5.9 percent (5,129) coverage rate, while AstraZeneca has a 9.5 percent coverage rate (13,311).
“All provinces are already implementing the vaccination campaign and we have 42 implementing sites registered in the COVID-19 Bakuna Center Registry (CBCR) that are currently conducting vaccination in the region.”
“We have six vaccination sites in Cavite, 12 in Laguna, 11 in Batangas, 7 in Rizal, 3 in Quezon, and 3 in Lucena City where our HCWs can visit anytime to get immunized, he emphasized.
CALABARZON received a total of 94,860 vaccine doses for first and second dose use, with Sinovac accounting for 19.0% (18,060 doses) and AstraZeneca accounting for 81.0 percent (76,800 doses), enough to accommodate 47,430 people.
“We have recorded deferrals and refusals during the health screenings but slowly and surely the importance of getting the vaccine and having protection against the virus outweighs the negative response of our health care workers and eventually, they volunteer to be vaccinated,”
“Since the start of the roll-out there have been to a real threat reported from the vaccines, and most individuals who receive them, whether Sinovac or AstraZeneca came out safe after vaccination.”
“I encouraged our medical front liners to avail themselves of the vaccine against Covid, especially now that we are facing another surge. This is not only for your protection but also for your family as well,” he concluded.
COVID-19 cases have been reported in the following barangays: Mayamot, San Roque, San Isidro, Dela Paz in Antipolo; Rizaliana, Bagong Bayan and Pulo in Mauban, Quezon; Gulang-Gulang, Ibabang Dupay, Isabang, Ibabang Iyam and Cota in Lucena City, Quezon; San Isidro, Sto. Domingo, San Andres, San Juan, San Roque. Sto. Niño, Sta. Rosa in Cainta, Rizal.
The DOH allocated 1,686 doses of Sinovac vaccines for Quezon province.
It has been distributed to the Quezon Medical Center in Lucena (1,461), Maria L. Eleazar General Hospital in Tagkawayan (71), and Claro M. Recto Memorial District Hospital in Infanta (154).
The ceremonial “Resbakuna, Kasangga ng BIDA” Covid-19 vaccination activity for health workers was held at the Quezon Medical Center in Lucena City.
A total of 1,460 health workers at the QMC has received the Sinovac vaccine.
As of March 25, 2021, Quezon recorded a total of 7,789 COVID-19 cases, 7,071 recoveries, and 275 mortalities with 443 active cases.
Meanwhile, the CALABARZON has 106,000 COVID-19 cases recorded as of March 17, 2021, with 5,939 active cases, 95,974 recoveries, and 1,605 deaths. CALABARZON has the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
The country is currently experiencing the highest number of COVID-19 cases ever recorded, as well as the first case of the COVID variant to be discovered outside of Brazil.
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