DAVAO CITY —The Davao City COVID-19 Task Force reiterated the importance of vaccination as most of the new COVID-19 positive cases recorded here comprise unvaccinated individuals.
"A lot of our cases are actually mild. From Nov. 28 to Dec. 4, I've mentioned before, weekly among consolidation, most of them are unvaccinated. Actually, one hundred percent of them na nagkaroon ng COVID are actually unvaccinated (who were infected with COVID-19 are unvaccinated),” said Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Davao City COVID-19 Task Force.
During the COVID-19 Alert program over the Davao City Disaster Radio on Wednesday,
Schlosser said while some fully vaccinated individuals are still infected with the virus, the number of partially vaccinated and unvaccinated still dominates the figure.
“The data is showing us na dako ang tyansa nga ma-infect mo kung dili mo bakunado. Although mild lang siya, natakdan gihapon ka. And since mild lang ka, you can still spread it sa imong pamilya, sa imong community, sa imong workplaces. Mas maayo gyud kung naa tay extra protection which is ang bakuna (The data shows us that there is a huge chance that unvaccinated individuals may get infected with the virus. Although it is only mild, they are still infected. And even if it is only mild, they can still spread it to their families, the community, and workplaces. It is best to have an extra layer of protection through vaccination),” she said.
Schlosser said the city's positivity rate is maintained at 0.4 percent.
"This is good news kay atong positivity rate nag-pabilin gihapon sa less than one percent or to be specific, 0.4 percent so even with the number of swabees nato, gamay ra gyud atong cases (This is good news because the positivity rate remains less than one percent or to be specific, 0.4 percent. Even with the number of swabees, our cases are still low)," Schlosser said.
Based on the report of the Davao City Vaccination Cluster, as of Dec. 6, the city has logged a total of 1,009,921 fully vaccinated residents with 1,171,050 residents who have been inoculated with their first dose. Meanwhile, a total of 10,345 individuals got their booster shots.
Data from the Department of Health Davao Center for Health Development shows that as of Thursday, Dec. 9, the Davao region recorded a total of 14 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of active cases to 801.
Of the new cases, four are from Davao City. As of Thursday, the city has a total of 105 active cases.