GUIMARAS – This island province received 1,000 vials – equivalent to 5,000 doses – of the Janssen vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from the Department of Health (DOH) on July 21.
These would be administered to Guimaras’ healthcare frontliners, senior citizens and persons with comorbidities, according to the provincial government.
The 1,000 vials were part of the 289,900 Janssen doses allotted to Western Visayas.
Janssen is given as a single-shot vaccine unlike other COVID-19 vaccines that must be administered with two doses.
Here are the other Janssen vaccine allocations in Region 6:
* Negros Occidental (70,000 doses)
* Capiz, Iloilo City and Bacolod City (30,000 doses each)
* Antique (25,000 doses)
* Aklan (15,000 doses)
The region has 4,900 doses as buffer stock.
On July 14, Guimaras also received an additional 4,300 doses of Astra Zeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine from DOH.
As of July 21, Guimaras’ active COVID-9 cases stood at 104 while the death toll was 32. Its recovered cases, on the other hand, reached 1,030.
Forty-six of the active cases came from the municipality of Buenavista, 29 from San Lorenzo, 14 from Nueva Valencia, 11 from Jordan, and four from Sibunag.
Seventy-nine of the active cases are in various quarantine facilities; 16 are home quarantined; seven are in hospitals in Iloilo City; and two are quarantined in the city.
Here’s the breakdown of the 104 active cases per town:
* Buenavista – New Poblacion (11), Salvacion (nine), Supang (four), Dagsaan (three), San Miguel (three), Sto. Rosario (three), Tastasan (three), Avila (two), McLain (two), San Isidro (two), Cansilayan (one), Rizal (one), San Roque (one), San Roque (one), and Piña (one)
* Jordan – San Miguel (six), Alaguisoc (two), Hoskyn (one), Lawi (one), and Poblacion (one)
* San Lorenzo – Cabungan (seven), Suclaran (four), Tamborong (four), Cabano (three), Gaban (three), M Chavez (two), and Constancia (two)
* Sibunag – Ravina (three) and Maabay (one)
* Nueva Valencia – San Roque (10), Concordia (one), Cabalagnan (one), Salvacion (one), Tando (one)/PN
