FILE PHOTO: The Sacred Heart Parish Shrine in Kamuning, Quezon City, serve as the vaccination area for A1-A5 priority groups to receive their 2nd dose of Astrazeneca COVID-19 shot on Monday, August 9, 2021. Niño Jesus Orbeta/Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City government has so far fully vaccinated nearly 40 percent of its target population of 1.7 million for COVID-19 inoculation.
The local government unit (LGU) reported Wednesday through its official Facebook page that 1,785,839 doses of various COVID-19 vaccines were administered to date and that 1,146,228 or 67.3 percent of which were first doses. It also said that 639,611 or 39.81 percent have already completed their anti-coronavirus shots.
“Umabot na sa 1,785,839 doses ng bakuna ang naiturok ng ating Vaccination Program sa tulong ng ating healthcare workers, staff at volunteers!” it said in its Facebook post.
(Our Vaccination Program has now administered 1,785,839 doses of the vaccines with the help of our healthcare workers, staff, and volunteers!)
“Malaking bagay ito lalo na ngayong may Delta variant,” it added.
(This is a big thing especially now with the Delta variant.)
The LGU urged its unvaccinated dwellers to register and avail of the government’s free vaccine against the dreaded COVID-19.
It also reiterated that walk-ins are not allowed in all of its vaccination hubs.
SARS-CoV-2 is the new coronavirus, which was first detected in China’s Wuhan province in late 2019, that causes the serious respiratory illness COVID-19.
Mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 result in new variants, which so far include the Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, Theta, and Lambda, among others.
The highly contagious Delta (B.1.617.2) variant was first discovered in India, Alpha (B.1.1.7) in the United Kingdom, Beta (B.1.351) in South Africa, Gamma (P.1) in Brazil, Theta (P.3) in the Philippines, and Lambda (C.37) in Peru.
Currently, the World Health Organization tagged the Delta, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma as COVID-19 variants of concern or VOCs.
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