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DOH launches 'Booster Pinaslakas' campaign at ZDSMC

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Gideon C. Corgue PAGADIAN CITY, June 28— The Department of Health (DOH) launched the "Sa Booster PinasLakas" campaign at the Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center (ZDSMC) on Tuesday. Dr. Anatalio Cagampang, Jr., the chief of Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) volunteered to be the first employee who received the bivalent COVID-19 shot from the list of priority groups for the COVID-19 vaccination: category A (the health workers and frontliners) and A2 (the senior citizens). Cagampang said that the booster shot will cure everyone because it can maintain the strength of the vaccines that individuals already have. Cagampang further explained that the bivalent COVID-19 vaccines include a component corresponding to the original strain of the virus to provide broad protection against COVID-19 and a component corresponding to the omicron variant to provide better protection against COVID-19 due to the omicron variant. He said that the vaccines are very helpful for the 80...
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Decommissioned combatants of MILF received starter tool kits from TESDA

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DOH-9 extends MR-OPV SIA campaign until June 15

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  Gideon C. Corgue PAGADIAN CITY, June 5—The Department of Health (DOH)-9 has extended the 2023 Measles Rubella, bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MRbOPV SIA) until June 15. In advisory number 19 dated May 31 issued by Dr. Joshua Brillantes, the regional director said that in the SIA campaign from May 2 to 30, it was learned that the overall coverage of Measles Rubella in Zamboanga Peninsula was only 79% where it fell short by 16% to reach 95% herd immunity coverage in all barangays. Brillantes said that the target of children aged 9 to 59 months to be vaccinated in the region is 374,081 but only 299,138 children have been vaccinated with an equivalent 80% coverage. The regional director added that there is a need to vaccinate 79,593 unvaccinated children to reach the 95% target. The areas where the extension will be held are as follows: Zamboanga del Sur and Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga City. While the ...
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