TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 2 (PIA) -- With only one COVID-related death in a month in Bohol, the health experts' claim that vaccination could change the game is making a strong stand.
This as records from the Bohol Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (BIATF) show that since April 6, 2022, when Bohol recorded its 681 COVID-19 deaths, only one death has since been recorded to date.
On May 23, BIATF reported another death by COVID-19, which brought the overall mortality in Bohol to 682.
Meanwhile, vaccination rollout coverage notched at 71.57% for fully vaccinated individuals.
This translates to 791,600 Boholanos who have received their two or full doses of the vaccine that is believed to be critical in keeping the number of infections and COVID-19 deaths at bay.
Moreover, 717,636 Boholanos have also received the first dose of the vaccine that is now being used to inoculate even minors, after getting approvals from the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) of the country.
The goal is to cover as much as 80% of the eligible population to make the fatal viral disease endemic, that is by the time the entire province would have attained herd immunity.
As the numbers of affected individuals are now at manageable levels, national authorities are also looking at hospital bed utilization as well as vaccination coverage to de-escalate the province’s status from Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 1.
As of June 2, Bohol recorded four active COVID-19 cases: one a moderate case, three mild cases, according to the BIATF’s Emergency Operations Center based at the Provincial vaccination Operations Center in Tagbilaran City.
Of the four active cases during that day, two are confined at the hospitals, one is on home quarantine while the EOC could not obtain the where about of the other case as yet.
As of that date, 22,338 or 97% of those who have been through a bout of COVID-19 have recovered, while the remaining 3% did not survive before the vaccines arrived. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)
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