Davao City rolls out weeklong vaxx drive at People's Park

Ruth Palo

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DAVAO CITY- The city government here has launched the “Bakunahang Bayan Pinaslakas na Special Vaccination Days”—a weeklong walk-in vaccination drive that will run from September 26 to 30 at the People's Park.

The program in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH) is open to all and has no limitation in terms of the number of clients to be served.

The vaccination is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

City’s COVID-19 Vaccination Cluster Head Dr. Josephine Villafuerte said the Bakunahang Bayan for COVID-19 is conducted simultaneously nationwide on the same dates and is aimed at increasing the wall of immunity against the COVID-19 virus in communities.

The recent vaccination drives conducted at the People’s Park, especially the Weekend Vaccination Activity of the Philippine National Red Cross and the city’s Vaccine Cluster have registered a total of 962 clients during the last four days.

As of September 23, the city has already achieved 43.64 percent of the target population for the first booster dose, and 9.35 percent of the target population for the second booster dose.