The spokesman of the Bohol Inter Agency Task Force (BIATF) said it would take Bohol another 2 to 3 years to achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus disease (Covid), if vaccine supply coming to Bohol remain scarce, according to a report by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) released on Aug. 24, 2021.
BIATF spokesperson Dr. Cesar Tomas Lopez said if Bohol does not use satellite vaccination teams and if supplies of vaccines continue to be scarce, then Bohol would still have to live with the Covid threat.
Lopez explained that even Bohol has the right number of vaccination teams, the vaccination roll out is dependent on the availability of the vaccines which remains scarce.
Based on data, Bohol has averaged 53,670 vaccine doses per month, according to the same report by the PIA.
BIATF reports say that Bohol has inoculated 252,383 Boholanos who are now deemed to be fully vaccinated.
With a population of 1,394,329 in Bohol, health authorities need to inoculate 976,030 persons to attain the so-called herd immunity.
Herd immunity means infection spread will be stopped as majority of the people in a certain area are already vaccinated, according to health experts.