Isabela City to relaunch V2F COVID-19 vaccination campaign

By: Nilda T. Delos Reyes

 

ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 18 (PIA) – The local government of Isabela City de Basilan will relaunch its Vaxx to the Future (V2F) vaccination campaign on January 21 to beefs up its vaccination drive against COVID-19.

 

Mayor Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman convened on Monday (Jan.17) the Isabela City Bakuna Team and discussed possible measures to maximize its efforts and increase vaccination rate here to attain herd immunity. 

 

The relaunching of its V2F campaign, the passage of an ordinance that limits the movements of unvaccinated individuals, the establishment of vaccination sites at checkpoints, and maximizing the involvement of barangay officials to increase vaccination rate in their respective barangays are some of the identified strategies to support the vaccination campaign.

 

Last year, the City launched its Vaxx to the Future Campaign which was joined by the different stakeholders including schools and hospitals. This was found effective and had increased the vaccination rate in the city. However, they were not able to meet and vaccinate the target 70% of eligible population.

 

Mayor Hataman is hopeful that through continuous collaboration among the stakeholders and with the support of all barangay officials, Isabela City will soon attain herd immunity. 

 

The Sangguniang Barangay together with the Barangay Health Workers and Barangay Information Officers will work together to do profiling and listing of those unvaccinated individuals in their community. Pre-registration will also be conducted to determine what barangays will be prioritized for vaccination schedule.

 

Initially, the vaccination team identified ten priority barangays, namely, Lumbang, Maligue, Kaumpurnah Zone III, Tampalan, Cabunbata, Lanote, Kaumpurnah Zone II, Lampinigan, Kaumpurnah Zone I and Port Area.

 

As of January 18 COVID-19 vaccination data in Isabela City, there are 58,756 (64.39%) received their 1^st dose; 49,784 (54.55%) are fully vaccinated and 3,178 individuals received their booster shots. (RVC/NDR/PIA9-Basilan)