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Umapela ang isang kongresista sa mga Metro Manila mayors na magpakalat ng mobile booster team upang marami ang mabakunahan sa gitna na rin ng pagkalat ng COVID-19 pandemic dulot ng Omicron variant.
Ayon kay Anakalusugan party list Rep. Michael Defensor, mahalaga na mas maraming health workers ang ipakalat sa Metro Manila para mas malaki ang masakop na lugar at maraming tao ang mabakunahan.
“We have to bring booster services closer to the people to overcome the tsunami of infections and hold back more hospitalizations and deaths. In Quezon City, for instance, many residents have not received their boosters because of the local government’s flawed strategy of merely asking people to gather at pre-designated vaccination sites,” ani Defensor.
“We would urge local governments to position transportable booster clinics around public markets, where both vendors and consumers are at high infection risk. In the case of our vendors, they have to eke out a living every day and are being discouraged from getting their boosters because of poor access,” dagdag pa nito.
Idinagdag pa ng mambabatas na ang mobile booster services ay dapat na targetin ang mgaa lugar na may mababang vaccination rates at ng mga tinamaan ng outbreaks.
“If necessary, barangay officials should conduct door-to-door campaigns, draw up a list up of booster-eligible individuals, and then bring in mobile jab teams where needed,” ayon pa kay Defensor.
Base aniya sa datos ng COVID-19 Tracker ng Department of Health (DOH), ang Quezon City ang muling nakapagtala ng pinakamaraming kaso ng bagong virus na nasa 1,780 na sinundan ng Manila na mayroong 1,438 cases.
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