Since the last COVID-19 update given by the National Control Center, the number of cases in the National Capital District (NCD) has seen a decline.
NCD Provincial Health Authority (PHA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Steven Yennie said that the statistics have declined rapidly because of the number of people getting the vaccine have increased.
He said this is because all the health facilities in NCD are rolling out the vaccine for those who want to be vaccinated.
“For vaccination, we got a very good coverage for vaccination in NCD. Our team is very active in terms of carrying out the COVID vaccinations in all our health facilities.”
He said they have amalgamated all their COVID-19 vaccination programs into all the health facilities as COVID is part of life now in NCD and every health facility is carrying that out.
Although NCD had seen the highest number of COVID cases since the last report, Dr. Yennie is now happy that people are paying attention to the dangers of COVID and getting vaccinated.
Meanwhile, Dr. Yennie is urging the public to be mindful of the COVID-19 protocols this festive season. this is because the festive period will see a lot of gatherings of people and that is a potential spreader of the virus.
“Even though the mandatory masking protocol has been uplifted, everyone must take note of this and wear a mask if needed to avoid contracting the virus.”