By: Emmanuel D. Taghoy
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct. 11 (PIA) - The Department of Health (DOH)-9 assured the public that there will be more COVID-19 vaccines arriving soon in the region.
Dr. Joshua Brilliantes, regional director of DOH-9 confirmed they have already requested additional COVID-19 vaccines from the national government that will be distributed to the different cities and municipalities.
He said that it is now easy for the vaccines to reach the provinces in the Zamboanga Peninsula region as it will directly delivered through airports in the cities of Pagadian, Dipolog and Zamboanga.
Mayor Manuel Saladaga of Mahayag town, guest of the Laging Handa Networking Briefing hosted by PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar, appealed to DOH-9 for an increase in the COVID-19 vaccine allocation in their town.
"We have a very eager population to get vaccinated but the supply is not enough," he said.
Dr. Brilliantes said vaccines such as Pfizer, Moderna and Astrazeneca, among others will be the ones soon available.
In response to the increasing number of COVID-19 active cases in Zamboanga del Sur province, Mayor Saladaga together with his barangay officials are implementing stricter protocols particularly in the entry and exit points of their municipality.
"We are monitoring the barangays, roaming around especially those highly populated areas to know if they are following the health protocols we are imposing," he said.
He also shared they have installed tents to shelter their Barangay Tanods who are making extra effort to keep the municipality safe and further control the spread of COVID-19. (RVC/EDT/PIA9-Zamboanga del Norte)
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