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LANTAPAN, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 18 February) – By all indications, life has returned to its normal grind in this vegetable-producing town after two years of COVID-19 lockdowns that crippled economi…
Low acceptance of COVID-19 booster vaccines worries Lantapan’s health officerLANTAPAN, Bukidnon – By all indications, life has returned to its normal grind in this vegetable-producing town after two years of COVID-19 lockdowns that crippled economic and other human activities. In fact, most of the residents are no longer wearing face masks.
Dr. Josefa Arlita L. Alsula, Municipal Health Officer of Lantapan, Bukidnon. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO “There were several takers but there was not enough vaccine. Through time, many vaccines arrived from the Department of Health , but many people who were anti-vaccine also emerged. So, this really emanated from vaccine acceptance,” she said.
“We have not even responded to the anti-vaccination claims. The DOH has not dealt with it face on,” she added. In Malaybalay, 5,296 availed of the second booster dose, 3,441 in Manolo Fortich, and 2,698 in Maramag. The figures for the rest of the LGUs were lower than 2,000. As per the PHO formula, the percentage of booster dose coverage was based on the target population, not on the number of fully vaccinated individuals.
Alsula, however, said she was surprised that she received a letter from one applicant for business permit renewal alleging that she refused to issue such a permit to those who did not get booster shots. The complainant furnished copies of the letter to the town mayor and Civil Service Commission, and even warned of bringing the issue to the Commission on Human Rights.
She cited that out of around 1,000 applicants for business permit renewal, at least 50 were found positive for TB. Bai Tinangkil Herminia Saway, the Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative to the barangay council of Songco, said many residents of their village had availed of the vaccine. She said she herself had received the first and second doses but not the booster shot. She added that even her relatives who are firm believers in their culture as Lumad also submitted to vaccination.
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