BACOLOD City – At the Metro Bacolod District Jail – Female Dormitory (MBDJ-FD) in Barangay Handumanan, 155 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) received booster doses of vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Jail Officer 1 Karen Joy Manalo, assistant unit jail nurse, administered the AstraZeneca jabs provided by the city government on Monday.
Also, 24 PDLs received their first dose of the same vaccine while two others availed themselves of a second dose.
Aside from the inmates, four jail personnel also received booster shots.
“This jail unit extends our heartfelt gratitude to the local government of Bacolod for the continuous support,” MBDJ-FD posted on Facebook.
Since last month, the city government has been administering COVID-19 booster shots to qualified recipients.
Dr. Chris Sorongon, medical deputy of the Emergency Operations Center Task Force, said more people are expected to flock vaccination centers next month after the Department of Health issued a revised interval schedule for booster doses.
Adults aged 18 years and above are eligible to receive a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine at least three months after completing their primary dose of either AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, Sinovac, or Sputnik jab.
Meanwhile, those inoculated with Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose Janssen jab can get a booster shot after two months. (PNA)
