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The Olongapo City Health Office said health workers in the city will be vaccinated against the A(H1N1) virus as part of its response to the pandemic disease that killed thousands of people worldwide.

“Our frontline health workers are at higher risk for getting the disease than ordinary people due to their larger probability of exposure,” City Health Officer Arnildo Tamayo said.

In addition, they may also transmit the infection to other patients, as well as their families and co-workers, so it is appropriate that they be given priority now that the vaccines are ready for deployment, Tamayo said.

He said part of the priority list for vaccination are the pregnant women, children six months to five years old, those 60 years old and above and those with chronic medical conditions.

The AH1N1 vaccine is available at the city health office and to the different barangay health centers. It is to be given free to the recipients, he said.

“When AH1N1 struck last year, we were spared from this virus, but we are not complacent about it, we have to continue our aim to increase the awareness of Olongapenos about this deadly virus,” Mayor James “Bong” Gordon, Jr. said. - PNA

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