Palo Leyte The Department of Education Regional Office VIII led by its Regional Director Ma Gemma Mercado Ledesma started its vaccination roll out for its employees on August 2021 It can be noted that DepEd personnel has been included in the A4 category as approved by the President and the National IAFT

Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium EVHRDC thru the Capacity Building Committee conducted a 2day Webinar on Statistical Analysis for Scientific Research last July 2122 2021 This was participated by 18 researchers coming from member institutions The activity was graced during the Opening Program by the Dr Exuperia B Sabalberino EVHRDC Chairperson and DOH EVCHD Regional Director by a Welcome Message Dr Virgilio E Sabalo Capacity Building Committee Chairperson delivered the rationale of the activity Resource Speakers were invited namely Dr Norberto E Milla Head of the Department of Mathematics Physics and Statistics of Visayas State College Prof Ferdinand

The Department of Health Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development DOH EVCHD thru its Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit received a report from the DOH Central Offices Epidemiology Bureau that of the samples sent for sequencing to the Philippine Genome Center between June and July ten 10 turned out to be positive for the highly transmissible Delta Variant or the B1617 lineage first identified in India

The Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium EVHRDC conducted a Research Proposal Enhancement Workshop on 89 July 2021 via Zoom

To support the national vaccination drive of the government the Department of Education DepEd launched Vacc2School Ligtas na Bakuna Para sa BalikEskwela campaign for its teaching and nonteaching personnel