The DOH National Immunization Program manager, Dr. Maria Wilda Silva, said that from January to March, fully immunized child coverage across the country dropped to an “all-time low” of 7 percent due to the lockdown. | jovicyeeINQ
She said “there is a disruption in the delivery of immunization services at all delivery points. So, whether the disruption is great or small, we do not see a uniform disruption in all of the regions.”
In areas where the health centers were nonoperational, Silva said this was because the workers assigned there were “pulled out to assist in COVID-19 efforts.” “But this is not true all over the country. In some areas where the threat of COVID-19 is very high, immunization was temporarily discontinued to give way to the COVID-19 effort,” she said.Silva said that since immunization is an essential health care service, their “tall order is to do catch-up immunization in all areas” with the safety of health workers in mind.
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