By Doreen Marielle Rosales
BUTUAN CITY -- “I think all of them are ready to get vaccinated.”
This was the statement of Kariza Mae Semblante, president of the Sangguniang
Kabataan (SK) Federation of Buenavista, Agusan del Norte on the youth's
acceptance of the vaccines for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
In an
interview for the Network Briefing News with Presidential Communications
Operations Office (PCOO) Sec. Martin Andanar on Tuesday, June 29, the youth
leader said her fellow youth has expressed great interest in the ongoing
vaccination.
“Many
people are asking me, especially our SK councilors and members if they can be
vaccinated but as of now, they are not yet included in the master list so they
still have to wait,” the SK President said.
While
waiting for their turn to receive jabs, the SK has initiated their own
information drive on the national vaccination program for the youth.
“The local
government unit, in partnership with the SK, has an ongoing awareness campaign
on drugs for the youth. What we did to maximize this is we invited resource
speakers such as our local nurses to also orient them about COVID-19 and
COVID-19 vaccines. We have invited all of our youth to participate so this is
great,” Semblante said.
With
community quarantine measures now heightened in light of the implementation of
General Community Quarantine (GCQ) in the entire province, she called on her
fellow youth to abide by protocols.
“We are
all not used to all the adjustments we have to make during this pandemic but we
must do our part and continue supporting our government’s initiatives to
address this health crisis,” she said. (DMNR/PIA-Caraga)
