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Aboitiz to scale up Davao vaccination

BY BEN GINES JR.

THE Aboitiz Group said it will scale up its vaccination target to 60,000 jabs as it surpassed its initial target of 24,000 jabs to 39,000 jabs administered to residents in Davao City to strengthen the city’s defenses against the threat of new Covid variants like Omicron.

The strong turnout of residents enlisting for the vaccination prompted the Aboitiz and Davao City local government to increase the target and instead aim for 60,000 jabs, Apo Agua Infrastructura Operations Head Shake Aboitiz Tuason said.

Tuazon said the move is in response to encouraging results that some of the barangay beneficiaries are now moving from critical/ high-risk to low risk as a result of the vaccination drive.

Davao-based Aboitiz business units participating the vaccination drive are the Apo Agua Infrastructura, Davao Light and Power Co., Inc., Hedcor Inc., Therma South Inc., and the Aboitiz Foundation.

“It is a privilege for us to partner with the LGU, the City Health Office, and DepED XI to implement this ambitious project,” Tuason said.

Merjade Deles-Calvo, barangay

captain of Barangay Tibungco, reported a significant decrease in Covid-19 cases in her community following the vaccination drive, prompting the authorities to reclassify the barangay from being critical or high risk to low-risk.

For December, the vaccination for second doses will continue for Tibungco District residents at F. Bustamante National High School on December 7 to 13, and Buhangin District residents at Cabantian Gym on December 20 to 2021.

To further reach underserved communities, the Aboitiz Group will also implement mobile vaccination initiatives, starting off with the Welfare Action Foundation of Davao (Boy’s Town Davao), a non-profit organization looking after boys from poor families. By early 2022, the vaccination drive will also cover booster shots for medical frontliners.

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