ILOILO – As of Jan. 24, 982,041 individuals in this province were deemed fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Provincial Health Office (PHO) data showed.
The figures were 67 percent of the 1,448,757 target population for vaccination.
A person is considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19 two weeks after receiving their second dose in a two-dose vaccination series, such as with the Pfizer or Moderna brand of vaccines, or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine such as with Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine.
Here’s the breakdown of the fully vaccinated in Iloilo province:
* healthcare workers (A1) – 80,445
* senior citizens (A2) – 135,366
* persons with comorbidity (A3) – 144,136
* economic frontliners (A4) – 232,913
* indigent (A5) – 128,941
* rest of the adult population – 112,454
* pediatric population – 147,852
Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, PHO chief, said vaccination drive will continue to further increase the number of the inoculated to hasten reaching herd immunity against COVID-19.
Herd immunity, or community immunity, is when a large part of the population of an area is immune to a specific disease. If enough people are resistant to the cause of a disease, such as a virus or bacteria, it has nowhere to go.
While not every single individual may be immune, the group as a whole has protection. This is because there are fewer high-risk people overall. The infection rates drop, and the disease peters out.
Iloilo province, like the rest In Western Visayas, is under pandemic Alert Level 3.
Here’s the breakdown of the fully vaccinated per area: Oton (43,525), Pototan (41,713), Passi City (35,538), Carles (34,636),Santa Barbara (34,205), Janiuay (33,953), Dumangas (33,733), Cabatuan (30,544), Pavia (28,759), Tigbauan (28,589), Barotac Nuevo (28,574), Miag-ao (28,193), Lambunao (28,166), Barotac Viejo (28,079), Sara (26,627), San Joaquin (25,948), Ajuy (25,725), Concepcion (25,604), Leon (24,347), Dingle (23,043), Calinog (22,628), San Dionisio (21,442), Balasan (21,422), Guimbal (20,495), Dueñas (19,798), Banate (19,176), Lemery (18,322), Estancia (17,295), Zarraga (17,295), Alimodian (16,441), Anilao (15,629), Leganes (15,576), San Enrique (15,422), Igbaras (15,382), Maasin (14,914), Mina (14,005), San Miguel (13,415), Batad (13,190), Badiangan (13,113), New Lucena (12,768), Tubungan (11,254), Bingawan (9,906), and San Rafael (8,958)./PN
