16 villages in Pampanga’s capital now free of COVID-19

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Sixteen of the 35 villages in the capital city of San Fernando are now free of COVID-19 as infections continue to drop in Pampanga, the city government disclosed. (via Jun A. Malig, PDI)

Mercado attributed the significant decline in COVID-19 cases to the city’s vaccination drive.

“Vaccination truly helped lower the cases in San Fernando. People get immunity from the vaccines, and vaccines really work,” he said as he urged their remaining eligible population to get jabbed against the viral disease. As of Nov. 12, the city health office had fully vaccinated 142,299 individuals or 61.7 percent of the total eligible population, while 191,182 or 78.97 percent have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccines.

Mercado appealed to parents not to bring their children to areas with enclosed spaces like malls and make sure to wear face masks all the time while in public places like parks.Since the pandemic began last year, it recorded 11,263 COVID-19 cases, of which 10,884 have recovered while 324 died.

 

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