Danao City Mayor Ramonito Durano III: Immediate vaccination of children against measles, rubella and polio is a matter of life and death

 The Danao City government has intensified its campaign to vaccinate children against measles, rubella and polio.

All children 0-59 months will be given the bivalent oral polio vaccine while those nine to 59 months will receive supplemental doses of vaccines for measles-rubella regardless of past immunization record.

Danao City Mayor Ramonito Durano encouraged parents to avail of the free vaccines provided by the Department of Health (DOH).

His message was aired during the online briefing of Danao City Covid-19 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) yesterday afternoon.

Danao City is looking into the cause of the increase in new Covid-19 cases in the city

The Danao City government has warned its residents about the increasing number  of new Covid-19 cases in the city. 

Danao City Health Officer Dr. Eric Echavez said that the surge could be because of possible spread in Cebu of the new Covid-19 variant which is more transmissible or non-compliance with the minimum health protocols.

Echavez explained the city's latest confirmed cases during an online briefing yesterday afternoon, February 26, 2021.