Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio admitted that Dabawenyos who missed their second dose of vaccination remain a challenge to the city government of Davao.
This is the reason why the city government is ramping up its campaign urging Dabawenyos who have taken their first doses to get their second dose of the two-dose vaccines to be considered fully vaccinated.
The mayor said this is one of the challenges that the city is facing right now in its vaccination drive as some recipients failed to return for their second jab for various reasons.
“Ginapakusgan nato ang kampanya sa second dose sa mga tao. Ang bakuna two doses dili siya one. Ang full protection sa vaccination is dapat kinahanglan makuha ang second dose. Naka-reserve nana daan para sa inyuha so it is very important nga fully vaccinated,” Mayor Sara explained.
Mayor Sara also said that getting fully vaccinated would be an added protection against the ill effects of Covid-19.
Based on the data from the City Vaccination Cluster as of August 14, 2021, there have been a total of 453,424 shots administered for the first dose while 297,201 were given as second dose.
Under the resolution released by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases, a person is considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19 if it has been more than or equal to two weeks after having received the second dose in a 2-dose series, or more than or equal to two weeks after having received a single-dose vaccine.
