Mobile vaccination for Muslim communities
THE Davao City Government is set to roll out its Covid-19 mobile vaccination for the Muslim communities in five proposed sites.
City Covid-19 Task Force spokesperson Dr. Michelle Schlosser said in a radio interview on Wednesday, August 25, that the mobile vaccination is in response to vaccination requests from the members of the Muslim communities in the city.
“Nag-reach out na sa ato ang Muslim brothers and sisters. The Islam Community would want to be vaccinated naa ta'y lima ka proposed sites for them (Our Muslim brothers and sisters have reached out to us. The Islam Community would want to be vaccinated and we already have five proposed sites for them),” Schlosser said in an interview on 87.5 FM Davao City Disaster Radio.
The official said the sites are being prepared for the vaccination drive, adding that the vaccination cluster already coordinated for the vaccination drive and will be following the Muslim religious practices.
“Ang ato lang atoa lang ginapreparahan nato karon, atong Muslim sisters naa sila'y special need with respect sa ilang religion that we have to abide, labi na tung women that they are not allowed to show parts of their body kasi like their shoulders (What we are preparing for now is the special needs of our Muslim sisters concerning their religion that we have to abide, especially women where they are not allowed to show parts of their body like shoulders),” she added.
The City had been pushing the sectoral vaccination to ramp up the vaccination program.
The city vaccination cluster has been collaborating with organized groups for vaccination of priority groups.
Schlosser recently said the city targeted to inoculate religious leaders to entice their members to be vaccinated.
Previously, the Roman Catholic Church and the Iglesia Ni Kristo have rolled out their vaccination drive in support of the City Government's drive to vaccinate more Dabawenyos in coordination with sectoral groups.
Schlosser said the city is now able to accomplish 10,000 vaccinations per day and is also relying on the vaccine allocation for Davao City to continue the inoculation drive.
She said that apart from sectoral vaccinations, the teams, spearheaded by City Council members, are helping through the mobile vaccination in barangays. The mobile vaccination is making a huge contribution to the City Government's vaccination drive.
As of August 21, 2021, the city already administered 507,032 first doses and 305,553 for second doses.
The city targets to administer the first dose to 1.2 million Dabawenyos by November to reach herd immunity. To meet this target, Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio ordered to increase the number of daily vaccinations to 15,000 per day.