ABOUT 51 percent of the target population in Bacolod City has already been inoculated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), a City official said Monday, August 23, 2021.
City Administrator Em Ang, executive director of the Emergency Operations Center –Task Force (EOC-TF), said as of August 20, Bacolod City already administered a total of 215, 399 doses of Covid-19 vaccines.
Of the number, 156, 242 individuals already received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccines, and 94, 179 individuals also received their second doses of vaccines.
Ang said Bacolod City has a target population of 424,992 to be inoculated against Covid-19.
“Based on our target population, who are qualified to avail the Covid-19 vaccines, 51 percent of our population already received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, while 22 percent had been fully vaccinated,” she said.
Aside from 215, 399 combined doses of Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, and Pfizer vaccines, Bacolod City on Monday received an additional 10,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines from the national government and 5,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from the PLDT-Smart Foundation.
Ang said the 5,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines are part of the 10,000 jabs of vaccines earlier promised by the PLDT-Smart Foundation.
On top of this allocation, the City has procured 650,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines using local funds, which its initial delivery is expected to arrive this month.
The City will administer the vaccines to priority groups A1, A2 and A3, as well as in priority groups A4 and A5.
Meanwhile, Ang said Bacolod residents who are under priority groups A1 to A5 are now allowed to be inoculated against Covid-19 on a walk-in basis in malls' vaccination sites.
She said those who already registered online and still waiting for their schedule can go to the mall vaccination sites.
Ang also urged Bacolodnons to avail of the available vaccine against Covid-19 and should not be choosy when it comes to the vaccine brand.