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54.93% of Sibalom’s target population fully vaxxed vs COVID

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A N T I Q U E – I n t h e municipali­ty of Sibalom, 54.93 percent of its target population have been fully vaccinated against coronaviru­s disease 2019 (COVID-19) as of May 4, data from the Municipal Health Office (MHO) showed.

The 54.93 percent i s equivalent to 28,596 individual­s.

On the other hand, 59.53 percent or 30,990 individual­s are waiting for the second dose to be deemed fully vaccinated, too.

The t arget population of Sibalom for COVID- 19 vaccinatio­n is 52,058 individual­s.

As for COVID- 19 booster shots, 2,163 i ndividuals or 4.15 percent have so far availed themselves of the free inoculatio­n.

Sibalom aims to be placed under the less restrictiv­e Alert Level 1 pandemic status so it is widening its vaccinatio­n drive.

The province of Antique remains under Alert Level 2 but without prejudice to its municipali­ties which may o t h e r w i s e b e c l a s s i f i e d differentl­y.

As of now, four towns in Antique are under Alert Level 1 – Sebaste, Tobias Fornier, Anini-y, and San Jose de Buenavista.

The 14 other towns are under Alert Level 2 – Barbaza, Belison, Caluya, Cu l a s i , Bugasong, Libertad, Patnongon, San Remigio, Sibalom, Hamtic, Tibiao, Laua-an, Pandan and, Valderrama./

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