Bohol starts vax rollout for senior citizens

TAGBILARAN CITY, May 21 (PIA) -- The province of Bohol has started on Thursday the inoculation of senior citizens against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

According to Bohol Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) spokesperson and officer-in-charge of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) Dr. Cesar Tomas Lopez, the masterlist of all senior citizens in Bohol has been submitted to the Department of Health (DOH).

Lopez said around 155,845 senior citizens in the province are included in the said masterlist submitted to the DOH.

He added that some Bohol towns and even Tagbilaran City started the vaccination rollout for senior citizens and also included persons with co-morbidities.

Elma Teruel, 68, who got her first dose of Astra Zeneca vaccine on Thursday at the Tagbilaran City College said the vaccination was not painful at all, as the jabs are well done by the nurses.

Teruel, a Tagbilaran City resident and a former regional director of the Philippine Information Agency in Region 7, strongly urged not only the seniors but everyone to get vaccinated.

“Vaccination is a vital process for one’s health and continued well-being. That is the biggest reason I had myself vaccinated. With Covid still around, seniors like me need protection to combat this disease,” Teruel said.

Senior citizens are part of the A2 priority list of the government’s vaccination program.

Those with co-morbidities are in the A3 priority list, where they are the ones prioritized in the vaccine rollout after the medical frontliners, who are in the A1 priority list. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)

Elma Teruel, who got her first dose of Astra Zeneca vaccine on Thursday at the Tagbilaran City College strongly urged not only seniors citizens but everyone to get vaccinated. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)