The barangay vaccination rollout of Bacolod City resumed Monday, June 14, and will run until June 23, with 26 vaccination centers in identified barangays and clustered areas.
These barangay vaccination centers are supervised by the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) and the COVID-19 Vaccination Council (CoVaC), a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia, who chairs both the EOC-TF and CoVac, said that public confidence in the vaccine is getting stronger, as evidenced by the increase in the number of people who have already been inoculated.
On Monday, the vaccination rollout opened in barangays Granada and Handumanan, and ABES Cluster. The ABES Cluster catered to residents of San Juan Street that encompasses several barangays.
*June 16 (Wednesday) – City Health Office Cluster (Barangays 20 and 30), Estefania, Felisa, and Mandalagan;
*June 17 (Thursday)- Brgy. 38 (Mabini), Brgy. 39 (Libertad and Lopez Jaena), Alijis, Bata, Punta Taytay, Singcang-Airport, Sum-ag, Villamonte, Vista Alegre, and Taculing;
*June 21 (Monday) – ETCS Cluster, Tangub;
*June 22 (Tuesday)- Villa Esperanza (Tangub); and
*June 23 (Wednesday) – Cabug.
Vaccination activities at SMX Convention Center in SM City and at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central will also be ongoing daily from Mondays to Fridays, the press release said.
The vaccination rollout covers Bacolod residents belonging to the A1 to A3 priority groups — frontline health care workers, senior citizens, and adults with comorbidities, it added.
A total of 11,493 Bacolodnons were inoculated in the first barangay vaccination rollout that was held in several barangays from May 14 to 21.
The vaccines being rolled out in the second batch are part of the 17,000 additional doses of Sinovac vaccines allocated by the national government that the City received June 5 and 8.
Miraflor said that 17,000 Sinovac doses will be used to inoculate 8,500 new Bacolodnon vaccinees who are receiving first and second doses.
From March 5 up to June 11, the CoVaC has already administered 42,173 doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Of the number, 32,538 were for first doses, and 9,635 were for second doses.
Of this number, 20,288 doses were of Sinovac brand, while 21,885 doses were of AstraZeneca brand.
City Administrator Em Ang, EOC executive director and CoVaC coordinator, said they discourage walk-ins at the vaccination centers in order to control the crowd.
“They must complete their registration first, and then wait to be notified of their schedule,” Ang stressed.
To avail of the free vaccination, Bacolod residents should register online through this link: tinyurl.com/bcdceironline or go personally to their respective Barangay Halls, the press release said.*