Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 15) — The Philippines needs at least 50,000 data encoders during the three-day national COVID-19 vaccination drive, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology said Monday.
“Kailangan natin ng almost 50,000 data encoders para matulungan ang mga LGU. Lahat ng record kung sino ang nabakunahan ay kailangan pumasok agad doon sa vaccination immunization registry para hindi na makadagdag sa backlog,” DICT Usec. Manny Caintic said.
[Translation: We need almost 50,000 data encoders to help LGUs. The records of Filipinos who have been vaccinated must be entered immediately into the vaccination immunization registry so as not to add to the backlog.]
The national vaccination day dubbed “Bayanihan, Bakunahan, is scheduled on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, where the government targets to vaccinate 15 million Filipinos against the virus. The government said last week it would transform schools, gymnasiums, fast food chains, malls, and workplaces into vaccination sites.
As local government units face a shortage of data encoders, he urged Filipinos to volunteer to address the issue.
“Ang hindi pagkakuha ng vax cert, ang sanhi niyan ay hindi maayos, hindi kumpleto na pagka-upload ng kanilang records ng mga nabakunahan nila in their jurisdictions,” he said.
[Translation: Failure to secure a vax cert, the cause of which is the improper and incomplete uploads of the records of those who have been vaccinated in their jurisdictions.]
The DICT, he noted, will post a sign-up sheet for those willing to participate. Caintic said they will provide training to the data encoders.
