ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – The city government here deployed mobile bus clinics to the city’s boundaries as the national government’s three-day vaccination campaign kicked off on Monday. Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. said the city is joining the National Vaccination Days in its bid to help boost the country’s inoculation rate against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). He said all unvaccinated city residents, as well as non-residents, may receive Covid-19 jabs at the “Ronda Bakuna” clinics in the city’s boundaries. “The only way to protect ourselves and our families from the dreaded respiratory disease is to get vaccinated. Kaya naman po kahit

CEBU CITY – Cebuanos on Monday gathered in different inoculation sites to avail of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) jabs as the National Vaccination Days ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte started. In this city, Mayor Michael Rama said in a press briefing that medical front-liners resorted to manual operations due to the big number of residents who flocked to the 90 inoculation sites, which showed a positive response to the government’s call for vaccination against the deadly virus. “Our vaccination information management system running the PaBakunaTa.com registration portal is overwhelmed with registrants. We are confronted with massive online registrations due to

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Soccsksargen (RIATF-12) has dispatched teams to monitor the conduct of the three-day national vaccination drive in the area. Arthur Condes, information and communication technology unit chief of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Region 12, said on Monday the move was aimed to ensure the smooth rollout and encourage more residents to take part in the mass vaccination campaign. On Monday morning, he said the teams held coordination activities with concerned local government units (LGUs) and staged caravans to drum up more public

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Health in the Zamboanga Peninsula (DOH-9) is targeting to vaccinate a total of 691,014 individuals against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) during the three-day National Vaccination Days that reeled off Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte signed on November 24 Proclamation 1253 declaring November 29 to December 1 as the “Bayanihan, Bakunahan National Covid-19 Vaccination Days.” Dr. Augusto Manolo Alpichi, DOH-9 assistant director, said Monday they were aiming to inoculate 230,338 individuals daily to realize the target goal of 691,014 in three days. The daily inoculation target in the Zamboanga Peninsula includes Zamboanga City, 38,992; Pagadian

BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Health in Caraga (DOH-13) is expecting around 460,000 residents to flock to designated vaccination sites as the three-day “Bayanihan, Bakunahan National Vaccination Days” starts. The Bayanihan, Bakunahan was formally launched in the region on Monday at the SM City here. The launching was graced by DOH Assistant Secretary Roy Ferrer together with DOH-13 Regional Director Cesar Cassion and Agusan del Norte Governor Dale Corvera. In his message, Ferrer urged the people of the Caraga Region to get vaccinated as it is the best solution to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. “The faster we