ILOILO City – A total of 244,623 individuals under Priority Group A in Western Visayas got their first dose of vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Based on the prioritization framework of the Department of Health (DOH), priority group A includes healthcare or medical frontliners (A1), senior citizens (A2), and persons with co-morbidities (A3).
The total figure (as of June 5) comprises 92.44 percent consumption rate out of 264,620 total vaccine allocation received by Region 6.
According to Dr. Bea Camille Fillaro-Natalaray, medical officer IV of DOH Region 6, the region received 137,420 Sinovac vaccine allocations of which 92.44 percent or 123,640 were consumed.
For AstraZeneca, the region received 127,200 vaccine allocation and 89.93 percent or 120,983 of these have been utilized.
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Meanwhile, a total of 71,548 individuals in the region already completed their vaccination.
DOH-6 data showed that 67,421 (49.06 percent) of the 137,420 allocated Sinovac vaccines were used, while 4,127 (41.27 percent) of AstraZeneca were consumed out of 10,000 allocation.
DOH-6 has so far master-listed a total of 1,386,185 under Priority Group A.
For A1 Group, 90,075 or 69.94 percent of 130,066 master-listed were vaccinated.
For A2 Group, on the other hand, 10.60 percent or 83,754 of the 788,846 master-listed were inoculated. For A3 Group, 66,025 or 49.88 percent of the 132,363 master-listed received their anti-coronavirus jabs./PN
