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'Be heroes': DILG woos unvaxxed to get COVID-19 jabs

Published Nov 19, 2021 03:47 pm

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged unvaccinated individuals on Friday, Nov. 19, to "be modern heroes" and rekindle the traditional bayanihan spirit (unity) by participating in the National Vaccination Day.

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DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said the National Vaccination Day dubbed as "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" will take place from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, coinciding with the Bonifacio Day on Nov. 30.

“Inaanyayahan po natin ang bawat Pilipino na maging bayani at makiisa dito sa programang ito (We are inviting every Filipino to be a hero and join this program)," he said in a news briefing.

For the unvaccinated individuals, Malaya appealed to have themselves get inoculated so the government can achieve its vaccination target by the end of the year.

Meamwhile, he exhorted the vaccinated individuals to exercise their spirit of volunteerism as the LGUs are in dire need of vaccinators, data encoders, and other key personnel in the national vaccination program. He also encouraged vaccinated health care workers to get their booster shots.

Malaya said that the government was already in the “preparatory phase’’ of the National Vaccination Day as the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) is now scrutinizing the target areas of every LGUs.

“So magkakaroon po tayo ng target bawat LGU kung ano ang kailangan nilang kontribusyon sa ating tatlong araw na vaccination day. Nakalagay po diyan sa target na iyan ang numero ng mga doses, numero ng mga vaccination teams, at mga vaccination sites na kailangan buksan (So we had the target for each LGU, what their contributions are in the three-day vaccination day. It is specified in that target the number of doses, number of vaccination teams and vaccination sites that need to be operational),’’ Malaya explained.

The DILG spokesperson noted that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and other agencies and stakeholders were tapped to provide additional assistance to the national vaccination program.

Malaya noted that the AFP men will be dispatched in the “geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas’’ while the PNP, BJMP and BFP personnel with allied medical backgrounds will act as vaccinators.

"Iyon pong ating kapulisan (Our police force) of course will continue to provide security para sa ating mga vaccination sites (for our vaccination sites),’’ Malaya added.

Malaya also cited the Department of Education (DepEd) for providing the public schools as the vaccination sites adding that these are being inspected by the Department of Health (DOH) hile evaluating the capacity and readiness of the LGUs for the national vaccination program.

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