THE Davao City Government requested the city councilors to assist the city in identifying Priority Groups A2 (senior citizen) and A3 (persons with comorbidities) who have not yet been vaccinated.
Duterte-Carpio said the mobile vaccination that the councilors will embark on is a “set-up and go” type wherein the councilors will identify a site in coordination with the barangay.
"Gi-request nato ang atoang mga konsehal na mutabang sa pag-roll out sa mga bakuna (We requested our councilors to help us in the vaccine rollout), and we requested them to create their own team under the supervision para sa pag-roll out sa bakuna (for the vaccine rollout)," Duterte-Carpio said in an interview on 87.5 FM Davao City Disaster Radio on Monday, August 16.
The mayor said the mobile vaccination will prioritize individuals under A2 and A3 because they are the vulnerable sector, and were seen to have the highest number of Covid-19 cases.
She added these are individuals who are interested in getting vaccinated but did not sign-up or did not go to vaccine centers.
Unlike in the City Government's vaccination program, the councilors will be identifying these persons, and it will not be a walk-in scheme.
The mayor also said they will go to the barangay and they will schedule a day when they can set up and roll out the vaccination and they pack up at the end of the day. They will move on to another site or barangay the following week.
Duterte-Carpio said the third district has already been organized in an area in Los Amigos, Tugbok.
“This is a mobile vaccination site because their targets are those who belong to the said priority categories,” Duterte said.
The mayor said she is optimistic that the first and second district councilors would follow suit.
“Sa first district nato (In the first district), we already have two councilors who are on the planning stage sa ilahang (of their) mobile vaccination site,” Duterte-Carpio said.
The City Government had recently organized mobile vaccination sites for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers, migrating workers, and senior citizens.
But she urged the Dabawenyos not to depend on the mobile vaccination initiative as the Safe Davao Quick Response (DQR) vaccination online scheduling system is already available.
"If we see there is a slot sa DQR scheduler nato sa atong fixed vaccination sites, mas maayo they immediately have themselves take that vaccination schedule para mabakunahan sila (If there is an available slot in the DQR scheduler, it would be better if they could get that schedule and have themselves vaccinated)," Duterte-Carpio said.
She also encouraged Dabawenyos to take advantage of the sectoral vaccination.
As of August 16, the city has already inoculated 453,424 Dabawenyos for the first dose, and 297,201 for the second dose. This covers priority groups A1 (healthcare workers and others), A2, A3, A4 (workers who need to go out), and A5 (indigent population) against the highly infectious Covid-19.