AgSur town fast-tracks vaccination rollout By Jennifer P. Gaitano
In time with the scheduled Network Briefing News hosted by Secretary Martin Andanar of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) on Wednesday, Mayor Michael Lim of La Paz, Agusan del Sur shared the local government unit’s efforts in addressing the issues and concerns related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation in the municipality and the conduct of vaccination to eligible priority sectors.
who would enter the municipality. Those with complete requirements are turned over to the barangay and undergo home quarantine and monitored by our health officers,” he said.
Mayor Lim said that last year, they were able to have zero COVID-19 cases The local chief executive but by January of this year, also highlighted that they once again recorded they are fast-tracking the new cases. conduct of vaccination in the barangays. “We really fought to control it. We tightened “We have vaccinated our border-to-border 100% of our A1 priority checkpoints and followed group. For A2, we the order of the Interstruggled a little bit Agency Task Force, and because we had to go we met with our barangay house to house for the captains to remind them elderly in our barangays of requirements like to educate them and swab tests from those make them understand Caraga INFOCUS
the importance of the vaccine. So far, the percentage of our A2 or our senior citizens has increased. And for A3 and A4, we are almost at 100%,” said Lim. La Paz is one of 13 municipalities (and one city) of Agusan del Sur in Caraga region. It is a river town municipality composed of 80% of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) particularly the Manobos. “Our place is accessible. Traveling from Butuan City, you will pass by Bayugan City, Talacogon, and then La Paz,” said Mayor. (JPG/ PIA-Caraga) August 14-20, 2021 |
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