Declaring 10-11 February 2022 as Bayanihan, Bakunahan National COVID-19 Vaccination Days III

February 10, 2022

PROCLAMATION NO. 1300

DECLARING 10-11 FEBRUARY 2022 AS BAYANIHAN, BAKUNAHAN NATIONAL COVID-19 VACCINATION DAYS III

WHEREAS, the Bayanihan, Bakunahan National Vaccination Days on 29 November 2021 to 01 December 2021, and 15 to 17 December 2021 yielded a total inoculation of 17,435,629 individuals;

WHEREAS, as of 08 February 2022, a total of 66,965,435 individuals or 75.02% of the target population have at least one dose, 60,451,838 individuals or 67.73% of the target population have been fully vaccinated, while 8,736,442 individuals have their booster doses; and

WHEREAS, the Bayanihan, Bakunahan National Vaccination Days I and II became successful campaigns due to the whole-of-society and whole-of-government approach employed by the National Government, where agencies, local government units (LGUs), stakeholders, partners, and civil society groups, through the Bayanihan spirit, were able to continuously mobilize communities and peoples, and relentlessly provide essential vaccination services to them;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, do hereby declare 10 to 11 February 2022 as "Bayanihan, Bakunahan National COVID-19 Vaccination Days III."

For this purpose, the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), in coordination with the National Task Force Against COVID-19 (NTF), shall lead the observance of the Bayanihan, Bakunahan National COVID-19 Vaccination Days III, and the implementation of programs, activities and campaigns relative thereto.

The Department of Education, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Information and Communications Technology, Department of Tourism, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of National Defense, Department of Transportation, and their attached agencies, together with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Presidential Communications Operations Office, Philippine Information Agency, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and Commission on Higher Education, as well as other relevant agencies, government-owned or -controlled corporations, state universities and colleges, and LGUs are hereby directed, and medical, nursing and allied health associations, faith-based, civil societies and non-government organizations, and the private sector, are hereby encouraged to actively participate and provide the necessary support and assistance to the DOH, the DILG and the NTF for the effective implementation of this Proclamation.

The LGUs shall mobilize all resources, stakeholders, health human resource, and constituents within their areas of jurisdiction to achieve the objectives of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Days.

All health workers, including doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, dentists and medical technologists, are called upon to extend their full support and cooperation in providing COVID-19 vaccination during the two-day campaign.

Consistent with existing government policies and regulations, employees and workers of the government and the private sector, who will be vaccinated during the aforesaid period, shall not be considered absent from their work, provided that they present proof of vaccination to their respective employers, subject to rules that may be issued by the DOLE and the Civil Service Commission.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 10th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty-Two.

 

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 118, No. 8, p. 1570 on February 21, 2022.