The Muntinlupa City government is set to launch Covid-19 vaccination sites in schools on Aug. 15 to increase coverage among senior citizens and the general population.
Muntinlupa City Health Officer Dr. Juancho Bunyi said this is in compliance with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to reach 90 percent coverage for primary series among senior citizens and 50 percent coverage for first booster shot among the general population until Oct. 8 this year.
Based on the recomputed targets, the CHO needs to vaccinate 1,357 senior citizens and 27,700 individuals among the general population to achieve the goal.
As of Aug. 5, a total of 533,944 individuals have been fully vaccinated, or 134.9 percent of the 70 percent target, while 172,672 and 22,458 individuals received their first and second booster shots, respectively.
Of the total, the fully vaccinated individuals were 39,824 among the A2 group (senior citizens), 436,008 for the 18 to 59 years old age group, 40,698 for the 12-17 years old, and 17,414 for the 5-11 years old.
For the first booster, 23,304 are senior citizens, 145,533 are from among the 18 to 59 years old, and 3,835 are from the 12-17 years old.
The settings-based vaccination will be implemented based on the following schedule: Week 1 - schools, Week 2 - homeowners associations, Week 3 - markets, Week 4 - terminals, Week 5 - offices, Week 6 - factories, Week 7 - plazas, and Week 8 - churches.
On Aug. 15, the CHO will launch the vaccination sites in schools. The pilot cluster sites are the Putatan Elementary School (PES), Tunasan High School Annex (TNHS), and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa. Officials from the regional health office are expected to conduct a site visit in the schools.
There will be six schools and two health centers which will serve as cluster sites for vaccination: Alabang Elementary School, Cupang Elementary School, Cupang Health Center, Sucat Elementary and High School, PES, Muntinlupa Science High School, TNHS, Itaas Elementary School, Poblacion Elementary School, and Southville Health Center.
Each cluster site will accommodate students, their parents, and teaching and non-teaching personnel of schools.
Vaccination sites will be launched at the Poblacion Bucal tricycle terminal on Aug. 26 and Alabang Public Market on Sept. 26.
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon urged all residents to get vaccinated as protection from the adverse effects of Covid-19.
The CHO said walk-ins are now accepted in vaccination sites after registering online at Muntinlupa Covid-19 Vaccination’s website (MunCoVac) www.vaccine.muntinlupacity.gov.ph/muncovac.
As of Aug. 7, Muntinlupa has 197 active Covid-19 cases out of 41,821 confirmed cases, 41,001 recoveries, and 623 deaths.