For COVID jab, Manila folk brave flood, added health risks

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Neither rain nor flood dampened the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Manila on Wednesday, indicating Filipinos’ willingness to get the jab, but also presented a potential health risk from waterborne diseases.

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‘Rain will not stop us’

“You can’t risk lives just to get vaccinated. With the ‘habagat’ and flooding, the next problem could be leptospirosis,” Solante said in a Viber message, warning of an increase in such cases in the next weeks due to the wet season. Independent pandemic monitor Octa Research on Wednesday flagged 11 cities as high risk for COVID-19, based on such factors as high average daily attack rate , ICU utilization and positivity rates.

Other cities that have an Adar higher than 10 are Davao, Cebu, Iloilo, Makati, Bacolod, General Santos and Baguio.

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