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DILG warns LGUs vs mishandling, spoilage of COVID vaccine

Published Oct 12, 2021 11:01 am

Local government units (LGUs) that would cause spoilage of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines would be sanctioned, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año warned on Monday night, Oct. 11.

“Nagpalabas po tayo ng memo (memorandum circular) sa ating mga LGUs, ang subject po ay timely distribution and administration of available vaccines, prevention of vaccine wastage and increasing public information and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines (We released a memo to the LGUs with the subject of the timely distribution and administration of available vaccines, prevention of vaccine wastage and increasing public information and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines),’’ Año said during a briefing with President Duterte.

He said the memorandum circular (MC) was issued in support of the National Vaccination Program.

Año explained that vaccines received by the provincial and city governments should be distributed by the LGUs between 15 to 30 days from the time of their delivery which also must be injected within three days.

“Ang lahat ng LGUs ay dapat magkaroon ng epektibo at komprehensibong LGU Risk Communication Plan na nakaayon sa mga polisiya ng pambansang pamahalaan at lahat ng naturang plano ay naipapatupad ng mga inatasang opisina at kawani ng LGU kasama na rin ang pagpapaliwanag bakit kailangang magpabakuna ang lahat (All LGUs should have an effective and comprehensive LGU Risk Communication Plan that s aligned with the policies of the national government and all the said plans will be implemented by the assigned LGU offices and personnel with the inclusion of explaining the need for everyone to be vaccinated),’’ he added.

Meanwhile, Año said that the community-based drug rehabilitation program and the existing Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers proved successful in the country’s campaign against illegal drugs.

“Nakikita po natin noong 2017 ay 149,000 lang po ang nag-a-avail ng community-based drug rehabilitation program. By 2021 of second quarter, nakita po natin 783,005 ang nag-avail ng community-based drug rehabilitation program at masasabi natin po ang mga kababayan nating ito ay lubusan na pong gumaling (We saw that in 2017 there were only 149,000 who availed of the community-based drug rehabilitation program. By the second quarter 2021, we saw that 783,005 availed of the community-based drug rehabilitation program and we can tell that our countrymen had fully recovered),’’ he added.

In 2016, Año recounted that there were only 13 Drug Abuse Treatment Rehabilitation Centers but the number has increased to 22 that are supervised by the Department of Health (DOH).

During that year, Año revealed that there were only 10,633 rehab patients but now 63,758 have enrolled in the facilities and have fully recovered.

“Kaya pinapatunayan lang po natin na hindi lamang tayo masigasig sa operations against anti against illegal drugs kundi pati rin po sa pagre-rehabilitate ng ating mga kababayan (That is why we have just proven that we are not merely enthusiastic in the operations against illegal drugs but also in rehabilitating our people),’’ the DILG chief maintained.

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