The National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 on Thursday allowed the local government units (LGUs) to voluntarily extend their respective “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” drive until Friday.
This, after various LGUs have requested the National Vaccine Operations Center (NVOC) to extend the three-day Covid-19 vaccination drive as a “large” number of individuals are still flocking to the vaccination sites to get inoculated, according to the NTF advisory.
All the LGUs are requested to inform the Centers for Health Development if they wish to stretch their vaccination period that started on November 29.
The Regional and Local Vaccination Operations Centers (RVOC), likewise, are directed to facilitate the augmentation of resources and provision of technical support.
They are also tasked to ensure sufficient vaccine allocation and distribution of ancillary supplies for the LGUs.
Meanwhile, the NVOC is yet to release the official tally of vaccine throughput during the three-day “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” vaccination event from Monday to Wednesday.
The government aimed to administer 9 million doses of coronavirus vaccines in 8,000 inoculation sites nationwide.
Source: Philippines News Agency
