Ni NOEL ABUEL
Hiniling ni Quezon City Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo sa Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) at sa QC local government unit (LGU) na maglunsad ng house-to-house vaccination laban sa Covid-19 at sa Omicron variant.
“Let us seek out residents who have not been vaccinated by knocking on their doors and offer them their preferred vaccine to help them protect themselves and others from the virus,” sabi ni Hipolito.
Paliwanag pa ni Castelo, na karamihan ng ayaw magpunta sa mga vaccination centers sa kani-kanilang barangay ay sa kadahilanang natatakot ang mga ito na makakuha ng virus sa labas ng kanilang mga tahanan.
“Others are waiting for the vaccine of their choice to become available, while the poor have no access to the internet, or if they have, their signal is spotty, making it hard for them to register online for vaccination,” aniya pa.
Ipinarating din nito sa IATF at QC government na targetin ng mga ito ang mga fully vaccinated na naghihintay na lamang ng kanilang mga booster shots.
“This proposed house-to-house or door-to-door vaccination for both the unvaccinated and fully vaccinated awaiting their additional dose will protect our people against omicron, which now accounts for most Covid-19 cases,” ayon pa sa mambabatas.
Kasabay nito, hiniling ni Castelo sa Department of Health (DOH) na bigyan ang mga LGUs ng sapat na supply ng bakuna na hinahanap ng mas nakararaming tao.
“Let’s face it, people naturally prefer vaccines with higher efficacy. The DOH has come out with a list of mix-and-match vaccines and people are free to choose which brand they think would better protect them,” sabi nito.
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