3 unvaccinated Davaoeños recently die of COVID-19

In a report from the City Information Office (CIO) Schlosser said the city recorded zero case of COVID-19 for the past three consecutive days except for one death reported due to lack of vaccine. 

“Actually, we had three deaths from May 22 to 28 and all of them are unvaccinated. It's such a waste of life since they are unvaccinated,” Schlosser said.

She said two of the three who succumbed to COVID-19 were seniors while the other one was an adult. They all suffered from the severe type of COVID-19 and since they were unvaccinated, thus,  they were not protected from the severity of the disease.

She underscored the importance of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine since contracting the disease is inevitable now that the city had been placed under alert level one status for over two months now.

Under alert level one status, there are no restrictions on inter zonal and intrazonal travel and all establishments and offices are fully operational and in full capacity status.

She said Davaoeños have no choice but to protect themselves through vaccination and booster jabs since they have to go out to work, study, do business, and access necessities and services.

"We have to get ourselves vaccinated. We also need the booster shots since studies show that after six months, the vaccine would wane, not just the COVID-19 vaccine but also other routine vaccines,” Schlosser added.

Schlosser, meanwhile, said that as of June 1,the city recorded a slight increase in cases after the city logged nine confirmed COVID-19 positive cases, which is equivalent to two percent positivity rate.

Despite the days with zero COVID-19 case, Schlosser said Dabawenyos still need to be vigilant in protecting themselves amid the several Omicron sub variants that have entered the country.

Schlosser cited the case of some seniors with comorbidities who had a severe type of COVID-19 but they survived because they were fully vaccinated and received booster shots.

As of May 27,2022, the city's first dose vaccines reached 1,333,259 of 87.08 percent of the 80.67 percent target of the total population, while 1,315,112 Davaoeños received their second dose.

However, she said, of the fully vaccinated individuals, only 262,490 received their first booster vaccines and at least 12,891 got their second booster shots.