Gov’t eyes three-day ‘national vaccination’ drive vs. COVID-19

With vaccine supply no longer a problem this year, the government is eyeing to conduct a three-day “national vaccination” drive against COVID-19, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Thursday.

In a television interview, Galvez likened the activity to the conduct of elections, saying this will involve both the public and private sectors.

“All the agencies, including the military, government agencies, private sector, will also pool in their resources. So parang big day natin, parang election day na nakita natin [So it is like a big day, like election day],” he told ANC.

He said the Philippine Medical Association has suggested to “transform” schools into inoculation sites.

“Parang mga presinto na ginagawa po natin tuwing elections [They would be like precincts during elections],” Galvez said.

He said the endeavor, to be conducted in late November, is aimed at training communities to conduct massive vaccination activities. Among those tapped to perform inoculations are dentists and pediatricians, he said.

“Ang gagawain natin talaga basically is to train, mobilize and also to acclimatize ang ating mga municipalities kasi kulang ang ating know-how to do a massive mobilizations on inoculation,” Galvez said.

(What we’ll do is train, mobilize and also acclimatize our municipalities to vaccination because we really have limited know-how to do massive mobilizations on inoculation.)

Galvez said the government is eyeing to administer at least 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines before the end of November.

The government is aiming to vaccinate 70% of the entire population by the end of the year. So far, only 27.7 million Filipinos or nearly 36% have been fully vaccinated. —KBK, GMA News

Gov’t eyes three-day ‘national vaccination’ drive vs. COVID-19
Source: Filipino Viral News PH