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THE pertussis outbreak in Iloilo City is 80 percent controlled, and the city health office is considering lifting the state of calamity declared due to the disease by the end of the month. Even with the lifting authorities will continue with the immunization as they have a system in place, said City Health Officer Annabelle Tang in a press conference on Monday.“We are open to lifting it with the approval of the mayor and the council by the end of the month.
He added that they have vaccinated 8,689 children as part of the outbreak response immunization . “Because of the limited number of vaccines, we are focusing on the 0 to 12 months to have three doses. So we are on targeted outbreak response immunization,” he said.Further, 741 of the 926 target pregnant women received their tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis vaccines.“We still have vaccine available although limited that is why we target 0 to 12 to complete three doses,” he added.
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