The City Health Office has exceeded the national vaccination rate in the month-long Measles-Rubella Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-SIA) despite the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
Corazon Pagotaisidro, City Health Office immunization program coordinator, said Thursday they managed to vaccinate 79,979 children, representing a 98.39 percent accomplishment rate.
In comparison, Pagotaisidro said the national target vaccination rate is only 95 percent of the eligible population.
The City Health Office had targeted the vaccination of 81,290 children aged nine months up to 5 years old regardless of the immunization status from Oct. 26 to Nov. 25.
Dr. Fatima Virginia Alamia, national immunization program medical coordinator of the City Health Office, said the supplemental immunization activity aims to protect the children from Measles-Rubella and its complications.
Measles is a highly communicable viral illness transmitted through direct contact with nasal or throat secretion of an infected person or by articles freshly soiled with nose and throat secretion.
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