IN LINE with the national government’s “PinasLakas” jabs campaign, the Zamboanga City Health Office has deployed a vaccination team to City Hall to cater to City Government employees as well as clients.

Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, said Wednesday, August 17, 2022, that it is in support of the national government goal of strengthening the country’s wall of immunity against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) through settings-based vaccination drives.

The “PinasLakas” aims to increase the number of Filipinos who have been given a Covid-19 booster shot, to help maintain the country's wall of immunity.

Miravite said that the available vaccine is Pfizer for first booster dose for all eligible population 12 to 17 years old and adults including senior citizens.

She said that also available is a second booster dose for the immunocompromised, health workers in front-line services (A1), senior citizens (A2), individuals 50 years old and above and adults 18 to 49 years old with comorbidities.

Zamboanga City Mayor John Dalipe has encouraged all eligible population to get their booster jabs when it is their turn and be protected against Covid-19, which remains ever-present.

Dalipe, who was infected with the Covid-19 virus earlier this month, underscored the importance of the primary doses as well as the booster jabs to everyone's day-to-day activities.

“Being boosted, one will get an added layer of protection against coronavirus,” Dalipe said Wednesday, August 17.

So far, 168,734 individuals in this city have received their first booster dose while 7,311 got their second vaccine booster.

City Health Office data released Wednesday, August 17, showed that active Covid-19 cases in this city have surpassed the 300 mark, logging a total of 348 with 38 new cases.

Of the 321 active cases, 52.6 percent were asymptomatic, 37.6 percent were mild, 6.6 percent were moderate and 3.2 percent were severe.

The data showed that this city has registered 29,972 cumulative confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic in Mach 2020 with 28,360 recoveries and 1,264 deaths. (SunStar Zamboanga)