Reynor Rodriguez, the city’s vaccination coordinator, said the project is expected to reduce the number of unvaccinated children age 5 to 11 years old. At present, there are around 15 percent of the target 30,000 children have been inoculated.

The city government is administering Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines to children of such age group as recommended by the Food and Drug Administration. The Pfizer vaccine for kids is specially formulated for younger bodies – it only has 10 micrograms per dose compared to the adult version, which has 30 micrograms per dose.

As in previous conduct of child vax, the city government will see to it that the pediatric vax sites are child-friendly to make the inoculation drive as fun and exciting as possible using mascots, costumes, music, and colorful designs.

In the city’s vaccination campaign, Rodriguez said the city is continuously undertaking its vax drive despite having vaccinated around 74 percent already of its 210,000 general population.

Meanwhile, the city government is continuously conducting coordination with the private sector, especially to the management of different malls, where off-site immunization activities can be held.

He said the city government is doing some arrangements so that parents who wish to submit their children for off-site immunization will be accommodated thru online scheduling.

Dr. Vito Borja, NCHO chief and chairperson of the Health Emergency Response Task Force (HERTF), said that the public should be vigilant and cautious enough against having cough, cold, and body pain.

“Cold-like conditions such as sniffles, headaches, and tiredness also indicate possibility of Omicron variant infection, the symptoms include nausea and loss of appetite,” Borja said.

He assured Nagueños that his office continues to conduct swab or RT PCR test on anyone who wishes to know about his/her real condition.

Renne Gumba, executive director of Public Safety Office, maintained that the LGU doesn’t see yet the urgency of establishing border controls at the city’s entry and exit points despite the detection last month of two cases of Omicron variant in the municipality of Bombon and Tigaon.

The HERTF’s enforcement cluster has instead made recommendation to Mayor Nelson Legacion to make the implementation of different safety and health protocols more rigorous. “We are intensifying further our interior control and monitoring approach by way of conducting constant check on people entering the barangays,” Gumba said.

Borja, however, said that fully vaccinated persons from outside the city still need to bring with them their vaccination cards. “Aside from the vax cards, individuals coming into the city must see to it that they are free from any symptom of Covid-19 and should follow the health protocols dutifully while in the city,” he said.

Among the policies that HERTF will adopt is the inspection of QR and vaccination identification cards on individuals upon their entry to any of the city’s establishments and offices. “Entries may be recorded on logbook with the absence of e-salvar IDs,” he said.

Partially vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals are required to bring IDs and negative RT PCR/swab test results, which were issued 48 hours before their entry to the city, as PNP and Public Safety Office personnel conduct random check on persons at public places for the documents required of them.

In related news, the sprawling Camarines Sur National High School annex campus is being readied again to admit Covid-19 patients, especially those who are tested positive for Omicron variant.

Borja said aside from the school campus, his office is still looking for additional area, which can be utilized as temporary quarantine and treatment facilities in preparation to possible surge of Omicron variant in the city.

On the proposed re-staging of expanded in-person classes, Legacion said that the LGU and the DepEd officials along with other education stakeholders in the city will again conduct exploratory talks on the matter.

Ini an pighahagad kan panundon na pigpaluwas ngonian na aldaw, Disyember 13, ni Alkalde Nelson Legacion asin Dr. Vito Borja, chairman kan Health Emergency Response Task Force kan syudad nin Naga.

Pigtatawan pa nin du-on sa New Localized Guidelines na an mga unvaccinated workers o habong magpabakuna pwedeng togotan na magtrabaho sa saindang workstations kun igwa sindang maipepresentar na negative RTPCR o Antigen Test kada ika-14 na aldaw. An empleyado mismo an ma-gastos kan saiyang pagpa-test.

Kun dae pwedeng magpabakuna an sarong trabahante, kaipuhan siyang magpaheling nin medical clearance hale sa sarong government health office bilang valid proof na dae siya pwedeng magpabakuna.

An guidelines o panundon para sa paglaog nin tao sa public and private establishments, simbahan asin mga pampublikong lugar (para magtrabaho o magpasyar) nagsasabi pa na an gabos na partially vaccinated employees na matrabaho sa saindang mga workstation dae kaipuhan pang magsairarom sa regular RT PCR test na sinda an ma-gastos, kun an second dose kan bakuna dae pa man napapanahon na itao saiya.

An mga personang yaon sa edad 12 anyos sagkod pataas totogotan na maglaog sa public and private establishments asin places of worship kun sinda bakunado. Sa mga taong edad poon 11 anyos sagkod pababa, totogotan sinda na magluwas sa harong asin maglaog sa pampubliko asin pribadong establisemyento kun kaibahan ninda an saindang magurang o guardian na bakunado na. An mga aki na may edad poon 3 taon sagkod pataas kaipuhan nakasulot nin face masks.

Pigsasaysay pa sa panundon na oobligaron kan mga establisemyento asin lugar nin pagsamba (simbahan) na magpaheling nin vaccination card an gabos na eligible persons (12 years old and above) bago makalaog sa edipisyo.

Pigsusugo man sa paagi kan guidelines an Naga City Police Office, Public Safety Office, City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, Barangay Officials, asin Tanods asin mga pigmimidbid na mga force multipliers na syertuhon an pagpaotob kan mga panundon. Kaibahan na an paggibo nin mga random inspections kan vaccination cards.

Pighahagad pa sa NCPO na maggibo nin orientation para sa mga security guards para sa pagpapaotob kan mga reglamentos.

A high-ranking official of the Department of Health (DOH) has lauded the City Government of Naga for its effective and efficient vaccination program.

DOH Assistant Secretary Nestor Santiago Jr., MD made the remark on Monday, Nov. 29, to see how the 1st National Vaccination Day went on in this city, Iriga City and in the towns of Bato, Del Gallego, and Cabusao.

He said on December 15-17, this year, a second round of the national government’s vaccination day will reel off to give more focus on a more consolidated efforts that aim to further the vaccination coverage in the country.
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The former DOH regional director in Bicol also took notice the decreasing number of Covid-19 cases in some parts of the country which, he said, has been happening also in this city.

“The situation indicates that Covid-19 cases here in Naga, which can now be counted in our fingers, are well below as compared to several hundreds of people diagnosed negative to the virus,” he said.

As of Nov. 20, the Analytics Team of Health Emergency Response Task Force has registered a 14-day average daily attack rate of three.

Santiago also lauded the local government for the establishment of more vaccination sites whereupon it continues to gather a bigger number of vaccinated people. “Naga’s vaccination coverage is remarkably high and the constituents’ participation in vax rollout is truly laudable,” he said.

The city government sets its target to vaccinate 3,863 high school students on the last day of November or before December 1, this year. As of this writing, around 5,305 children (ages 12-17 years old) were administered to have received a first dose of either Moderna or Pfizer vaccines.

As of Nov. 26, the total number of individuals (adult and children) vaccinated with first dose are 86,336 while the fully vaccinated are 68,123.

Aside from the JMR Coliseum which houses the city’s Mega Vaccination Center, the city maintains at least 12 vaccination sites (6 schools, 2 malls, and 4 covered courts).

Santiago, who hails from the municipality of Cabusao, thanked the city government for aggressively taking the frontline alongside with the national government in the fight against Covid-19. He said Naga is participating well in the so-called “whole of the society approach” to address the problems brought about by the pandemic.

In a brief meeting with Santiago at the Naga City Mega Vaccination Site, Mayor Nelson Legacion attributed Naga’s impressive vax coverage to the teamwork and cooperation of the private sector, especially the academe, which permitted the LGU to use their schools as pediatric vaccination sites.

A glance at the city’s latest Covid-19 situationer from the Analytics Team (as of Nov. 20):

1. We have now surpassed the situation pre-delta surge in July and August 2021. The last time we saw 7-day average daily cases of 5 was at the beginning of April 2021.
2. Our 14-day Average Daily Attack Rate has further slid to 3, from 4 a week ago
3. Our case growth rates have been negative for 6-7 weeks now (for 2-week and 1-week growth rate, respectively)
4. We have had 11 days of single-digit 7-day average cases, starting in Nov 10. For Nov 19 and 20, our average has gone down to 5.
5. Even our positivity rate, which moved sideways last week, resumed its downward track. It ranged between 12-13% on Nov 19 and 20, better than last week’s 19 and the peak of 41 in late September
6. For the last 3 weeks, our hospital resources have been at low-risk category.

Willy Prilles, Analytics Team head, said that for the above reasons, the city is further downgrading its projections from 10-20 last week to 5-15 this week, on the strength of durable mean R numbers at around 0.5-0.7.

Parte kan lagduan na pediatric vaccination program kan LGU Naga an pigbosol na barakunahan sa mga eskwelahan kan University of Nueva Caceres kan Byernes (Nov. 26) asin Ateneo de Naga University na ginibo kasobagong aga (Nov. 29).

Segun ki Erwin Oliver, safety officer kan UNC, abot sa 353 mga estudyantes ninda an ipinag sairarom sa child vaccination mantang pigsabi man ni Bro. Raymond Belleza na target ninda na mabakunahan an 360 na mga estudyantes sa Ateneo de Naga.

An pediatric vaccination o child vax pigtatao sa mga aki na yaon sa edad 12 sagkod 17 anyos.

Pigsaysay ni Dr. Butch Saulon, sarong UNC professor, na an pagbakuna sa mga kaakian iyo an pinakamarhay na magigibo sa panahon ngonian nin pandemya tanganing masyerto an karahayan kan saindang mga salud laban sa coronavirus disease.

Pigpahayag ni Belleza na an 360 Ateneo students haros kabanga pa sana kan interong bilang kan mga estudyantes nindang dapat mabakunahan. Pigpaliwanag kaini na dakol kaya sinda nin mga studyantes na residentes sa luwas kan syudad nin Naga.

Pigtawan du-on ni Belleza na sa Disyembre 1 haros 300 pang mga estudyantes na non-Naga residents an saindang isasairarom sa vaccination, alagad an nasambit na aktibidad gigibohon sa Bicol Medical Center.

An vaccination sa AdeNU padagos na piggigibo ngonian na hapon para sa out of school youths kan Barangay Tabuco asin estudyantes kan Sta. Cruz National High School.

The City Government of Naga (CGN) is putting up additional garbage bins in Central Business District (CBD) I and II to give way for the proper disposal of infectious medical waste materials, an approach that can be of help to prevent the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Engr. Joel Martin, chief of the Solid Waste Management Office (SWMO), said the placement of yellow garbage containers will also be undertaken in the city’s 27 barangays, especially in residential and business districts including government and private establishments or offices, and vaccination sites.

“We are zeroing in on areas where used face masks, face shields, gloves, and other personal protective equipment (PPE) and infectious waste materials are being thrown away carelessly by people unmindful of the consequences of their actions,” Martin said.

At present, the SWMO has initially put up 41 sets of yellow garbage bins along the main streets in the city’s business districts. More than a hundred are about to be deployed in the barangays.

Martin said garbage in yellow bins are being collected by a separate team of PPE-wearing SWMO personnel who uses a garbage truck that is not included among the fleet that transport regular solid waste materials to the sanitary landfill (SLF) in Brgy. San Isidro.

Upon the orders of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau and the Dept. of Health, the hazardous residuals are being discarded by SWMO into septic vaults in Brgy. Balatas and the one near the SLF.

City Councilor Salvador del Castillo, chairman of the committee on environment and energy in Sangguniang Panlungsod, said that a city ordinance will be enacted to ensure that rules on proper disposal of health care waste are religiously followed.

He said his committee is now in consultation with the public to inform them about the planned coming up with an ordinance and to make them fully aware of the advocacy that they have to support.

“We should not underestimate the importance of proper disposal of infectious residuals even though cases of infection in the city seem to have continuously going down,” the councilor said.

As of press time of Wednesday (morning), Nov. 9, the Naga City Contact Tracing and Monitoring Center recorded 6 new Covid-19 cases.

In a solid waste management board meeting, the councilor underscored the importance of the yellow bins which are now being installed while an appropriate ordinance that bears a penalty clause has yet to be enacted.

Del Castillo, however, emphasized that what is being needed to see good results in the advocacy is the people’s participation, commitment, and common sense and not so much on the strict implementation of ordinance. “And that is the essence of waste segregation at source,” he said.

Nagkaoyon kasoodma an lokal na gobyerno kan syudad asin an pamayo kan Department of Education sa Naga kabali na an mga school principals na i-oktaba muna an pediatric vaccination sa Naga City Mega Vaccination Site sa Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum.

Boot sabihon, dae muna gigiboohon an nakatalaan na vaccination sa aga, Byernes, Nobyembre 5, sa mga aki na yaon sa edad 12 sagkod 17 anyos tanganing tawan nin dalan an orientation o pagpasabot sa kaakian kan karahayan kan vaccination program asin pakikipag olay o pagkonsulta sa mga magurang.

Pig-oyonan pa man kan mga head of schools asin principals magin kan mga pribadong eskwelahan na gibohon school-based an child vaccination o an pagbosol nin pagbakuna sa mismong ekwelahan kan aki.

Nagtaong halimbawa si Mayor Nelson Legacion na kun an sarong aki taga Concepcion Pequeña, siya mapabakuna sa Concepcion Pequeña National High School siring man kun taga Barangay Tinago an aki, siya mapabakuna sa Tinago National High School.

Sa sitwasyon kan mga aking nag-aadal sa pribadong eskwelahan, pigsabi kan alkalde na sa saindang eskwelahan sinda mapabakuna, arog kan aki na nag eeskwela sa St. Joseph School School, siya babakunahan sa nasambit na eskwelahan.

Pigpaliwanag kan alkalde na tatawan nin prayoridad sa barakunahan an mga aki na nag eestar sa laog kan syudad nin Naga, pagkatapos na sinda mabakunahan dangan isusunod an mga aking nag eestar sa mga pagtaraed na banwaan.

Pigtawan du-on kan alkalde na mawot kan syudad na makumpleto tolos an pagbakuna sa 70 porsyento kan mga taga-Naga. Ini man an rason kun taano ta boot kan syudad na gibohon an vaccination magin sa mga eskwelahan asin bako lang sa JMR Coliseum.

Sa tahaw kaini, pigtawan pang du-on kan alkalde an nagpapadagos na Barangay Vaccination program, pwera pa kan mga barakunahan na piggigibo sa Naga College, Ateneo de Naga University, asin sa Unibersidad de Nueva Caceres.

Pigsaysay kan alkalde na maibobosol na toltol an child vaccination huli kan marikas, malinaw, asin turuwang na pagplano dapit sa bagay na ini. Sarong group chat kan mga pamayo nin mga pampubliko asin pribadong eskwelahan sa Naga an nakatalaan hamanon para sa paghanda sa mahiwas asin lagduan na child vaccination program.

Sarong probisyon sa ordinansa kan Naga dapit sa curfew, City Ordinance 2020-046, an pighira tanganing isusog sa bagong quarantine classification ngonian kan syudad na yaon na sa general community quarantine (GCQ).

Imbes na ipaotob pa an curfew poon alas 9:00 nin banggi sagkod alas 4:00 nin aga base sa City Ordinance 2020-046, pighahagad kan bagong ordinansa na an curfew ipaotob poon alas 12:00 nin matanga sagkod alas 4:00 nin aga.

Pigsaysay ni Konsehal Joselito S.A. del Rosario, kagpadreno kan amendatory ordinance, na an bagong batas naghohorot pang tawan nin dugang na sarong oras an mga trabahador/empleyado nin mga establisemyento na nagsasara alas 12:00 nin matanga. Ini, tanganing igwa sinda nin bastanteng oras na makabyahe pasiring sa saindang mga harong o residenya.

An bagong ordinansa pig endorso ni del Rosario sa Sangguniang Panlungsod kan Martes, Nobyembre 2, asin pigpasar sa konseho kan aldaw man sanang idto mismo. An City Ordinance 2021-081 pig aprobaran ni Alkalde Nelson Legacion pagkaaga mismo (Nobyembre 3) pagkatapos pag orolayan sa Sanggunian.

An sarong oras na peryodo, segun sa ordinansa, i-oonra o itutugot sana kun an trabahador o empleyado makakapagpresentar nin ID sa mga nagsisitang awtoridad, for verification purposes, na pigpapaheling an saiyang empleyo asin address kan employer.

Mantang pigpapaotob an curfew, ipinagbabawal sa siisay man an magtenir sa mga pampublikong lugar siring kan mga kalye o tinampo, parks asin mga plaza, kawatan o playgrounds, mga open spaces nin mga subdivision, mga edificios asin pasilidad na sarado o mayo nin transaksyon sa pagkabanggi.