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DOH-12 eyes 1.2M people on 3rd 'Bayanihan, Bakunahan' days

By Edwin Fernandez

January 17, 2022, 5:50 pm

<p><strong>VACCINATION ROLLOUT ANEW.</strong> The DOH in Soccsksargen region aims to vaccinate a total of 1,220,139 individuals during the January 24-26 Bayanihan, Bakunahan activities in Region 12. Dr. Aristides Concepcion-Tan (2nd left), DOH-12 regional director, has appealed for media support during a press conference on Monday (Jan. 17, 2022) in Cotabato City for the forthcoming campaign that forms part of the national IATF's “Strategy Laban sa Pandemya.” <em>(Photo courtesy of DOH-12)</em></p>

VACCINATION ROLLOUT ANEW. The DOH in Soccsksargen region aims to vaccinate a total of 1,220,139 individuals during the January 24-26 Bayanihan, Bakunahan activities in Region 12. Dr. Aristides Concepcion-Tan (2nd left), DOH-12 regional director, has appealed for media support during a press conference on Monday (Jan. 17, 2022) in Cotabato City for the forthcoming campaign that forms part of the national IATF's “Strategy Laban sa Pandemya.” (Photo courtesy of DOH-12)

COTABATO CITY – The Department of Health in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) is aiming to vaccinate more than 1.2 million unvaccinated residents of the region, including this city, during the three-day "Bayanihan, Bakunahan” vaccination drive next week.

Dr. Aristides Concepcion-Tan, DOH-12 director, told a news conference here Monday that the third massive vaccination rollout will be held from January 24-26, 2022.

“We are soliciting again your support in this program as part of the strategy ‘laban sa pandemya’ and hopefully we can reach this target,” Dr. Tan told reporters during a news conference at DOH-12 regional office in this city.

He said the third vaccination rollout is timely since the number of Covid-19 infections has started to spike the past few days.

He said DOH-12 aims to administer anti-Covid-19 vaccine jabs to a total of 1,220,139 unvaccinated persons across the region.

The event is targeting to inoculate 406,713 vaccinees daily during the massive vaccination rollout.

For North Cotabato, DOH-12 eyes to vaccination 452,549 individuals, South Cotabato (200,091), Sultan Kudarat (209,045), Sarangani (190,060), Gen. Santos City (77,938) and Cotabato City (90,456).

The daily targets per area are as follows: North Cotabato - 150,850; South Cotabato - 66,697; Sultan Kudarat - 69,682; Sarangani - 63,353; General Santos City - 25,979; and Cotabato City - 30,152.

As of today, Region 12 has a total of 58,061 cumulative confirmed Covid-19 cases with 872 (1.50 percent) actives cases, 54,853 (94.47 percent) recoveries, and 2,317 (3.99 percent) Covid-19 related deaths.

On Sunday, DOH-12 listed 131 new cases, the second-highest this year after the 165 new infections on January 14.

South Cotabato remained to have the highest number of infections at 18,712 with 17,769 recoveries, 205 active, 735 Covid-19 related deaths. (PNA)

 

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