The vaccines are available to clients aged 5 and above in 18 district health centers in the city.
The City Information Office (CIO) said that all district health centers have a “no wrong door” policy, which means clients do not necessarily need to reside in a specific district to avail of Covid vaccine shots from the district health center there.
The Tomas Claudio Health Center, which covers the 10 barangays within District A, conducted a dry-run of district health vaccinations last Thursday and was deemed successful.
According to District Health Physician for District A Dr. Harlyn Jan B. Espela, the number of individuals who visited the health center since its dry-run on Thursday reached more than a hundred.
She said that most clients they catered were those who want booster shots.
Espela further said the district health center caters to all clients regardless of their address and that mobile vaccinations at the barangay levels are currently being eyed.
“Actually, we cater to all clients who come here in Tomas Claudio regardless of whether they come from District A or B. Though they come from other areas, we cater to them here. But, our target is to really cater to all the barangays in District A. And hopefully our plan is to really go mobile,” Espela added.
In Talomo South District Health Center, mobile vaccinations were launched on Wednesday last week along with the operationalization of the district health center vaccination program.
Talomo South District Health Center Head Dr. Margie Roa-Rubio said a total of 378 individuals received shots, 110 of whom belonged to the pediatric age groups 5-11 and 12-17 since the roll out of vaccination in their district health center.
Talomo South District Health Center is coordinating with school principals of the elementary schools in the district to encourage students and their parents to get inoculated or avail of booster shots, she said.
She said the center also launched its mobile vaccination program which targets Barangays Baliok, Dumoy, Bago Gallera, Bago Aplaya, and Talomo Proper.
COVID-19 vaccines are available in the 18 district health centers in Davao City from Mondays to Fridays, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
CIO also reported that all other services from the district health centers such as general consultations, prenatal care, immunization for children, and others remain available to the public on top of the inoculation program against COVID-19.