Leonardia, village chiefs Covid-19 vaccination postponed

THE supposed scheduled vaccination of Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia and the village chiefs Wednesday, March 24, against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is postponed.

Dr. Edwin Miraflor, officer-in-charge of City Health Office (CHO), in a statement Tuesday night, March 23, said that when Leonardia informed him that his request for the inclusion of the Local Chief Executives (LCEs) in the vaccination priority was approved by the National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) and that the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has classified them as under A4, he misunderstood the classification under A.4 to that of A.1.4.

"With the best of intentions in mind, and in the hopes of encouraging Bacolodnons to take active part in the vaccination program of the City, the EOC and VOC promptly scheduled a ceremonial vaccination of the honorable mayor and the barangay captains on March 24, 2021. However, after further clarification has been made and upon review of circumstances, we regret that we need to postpone the intended activity," he said.

He added that on March 5, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran and the members of the City Council volunteered to lead the vaccines in receiving the vaccines. However, they were informed that amid limited vaccine supply, there is a need to strictly abide by the prioritization schedule.

"Now, Mayor Bing and the barangay captains are again denied the same opportunity to inspire Bacolodnons to avail [themselves] of the Covid-19 vaccines. Our City and barangay officials are ready to set an example for our fellow Bacolodnons," Miraflor said.

NIATF earlier approved the request of the national president of League of the Cities of the Philippines (LCP) to classify LCEs among the priorities for vaccination against Covid-19.

This means the 1,634 provincial governors, city and municipal mayors. Also included are 42,046 barangay captains all over the country.

From March 12 to 22, a total of 4,122 medical frontliners in Bacolod City were already vaccinated with Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines.

Of the number, 2,720 medical frontliners were inoculated with Sinovac vaccine and 1,402 were vaccinated with AstraZeneca vaccine.

Meanwhile, two nurses at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH), who were earlier vaccinated with Sinovac vaccines, have tested positive for Covid-19.

Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical data and analysis of the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF), said the two nurses, who were assigned in operating and emergency room, were already transferred to the isolation facility.

He said the two nurses, who were asymptomatic, were tested positive during the hospital's regular surveillance testing and contact tracing every two weeks. Both of them earlier received the first doses of Sinovac vaccine.

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