00:00As part of the continued increase in the number of cases of TIGDAS in several regions of the country,
00:05Metro Manila reported a measles catch-up immunization to the Department of Health in Binondo, Manila today.
00:13The aim is to vaccinate the children against the dangerous TIGDAS.
00:18Information dissemination was also conducted to raise the awareness of the public
00:23on the importance of vaccines against TIGDAS.
00:26According to the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit,
00:30more than 300 cases have been reported in Manila since January to March 15 of this year.
00:38Of these, 55% are male.
00:42297 cases are under the age of 18 months and 209 of these have received the first dose of measles vaccination.
00:53In addition to vaccines, the Department of Health also distributed other health services
00:58such as non-communicable diseases risk assessment, vitamin A supplementation, and family planning services.
01:07We need to listen and help to find the children here and vaccinate them.
01:15We are looking for children that we call mischildren.
01:22We are looking for children that we can vaccinate.
