Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard ‘Ahong’ Chan leads Oponganons during today’s simulation for the COVID-19 vaccination at the Barangay Pajo gymnasium. | CDN DIgital Photo by Futch Anthony Inso
Mae Cheryll Tepait, the national immunization program nurse coordinator of Lapu-Lapu City Health Department , said that this is only 43% of the total 2,969 healthcare medical frontliners that they’ve identified. Tepait said that based on her monitoring, around 75% of workers from the Lapu-Lapu City Hospital and 80% of those from Sta. Rosa Hospital in Olango Island has already agreed to receive the vaccine.
But as of the moment, Dr. Agnes Realiza, head of the LCHD, said they don’t know yet the exact date of when they can start the actual vaccination.She said that the vaccination procedure only took 15 to 17 minutes, which includes the registration, screening, and administering of vaccine, and additional 30 minutes for the post-vaccination assessment of the possible adverse effects of the vaccine.