Hinikayat ni Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike Ponce III ang mga natitirang hindi pa bakunadong menor de edad na 12 hanggang 17 taong-gulang na magpabakuna na laban sa COVID-19 sa gitna ng banta ng Omicron variant.
Ito ang anunsyo ni Ponce matapos aprubahan ng gobyerno ang pagbabakuna sa mga batang 5 hanggang 11 taong-gulang at ang inaasahang paglaki ng bilang ng mga taong nakakuha ng booster shot sa Enero.
“Because we may start the vaccination of 5 to 11 years old simultaneously with the administration of mass booster shots come January 2022, we encourage those unvaccinated children who are 12 to 17 years old to walk in at AMC Gym in Bgy. San Roque and get their shots from Dec. 27 to 30, 2021,”sabi ng alkalde.
Nauna nang inaprubahan ng Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ng bansa ang paggamit ng Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine para sa mga batang edad 5 hanggang 11 taong-gulang.
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“We would like to announce that we have already included the 5 to 11 [years old] that have been approved by the FDA, so in this case, we are now negotiating for the availability of those vaccines for our children,” ani National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.
“This call is being made for those remaining 12 to 17 years old who have not been vaccinated so that they will not be vaccinated with many people and experience difficulty because of long lines at the vaccination site,” dagdag ni Ponce.
Aniya pa, “This is also part of our preparation for the possible entry of the Omicron variant at the start of 2022.”
Inihayag ng Department of Health (DOH) na natukoy sa Pilipinas ang Omicron variant sa tatlong biyahero kamakailan.
Inanunsyo rin ng DOH noong Disyembre 21 ang pagpapaikli ng booster dose interval mula anim hanggang tatlong buwan para sa mga ganap na nabakunahan ng AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer at Sputnik V vaccines at dalawang buwan para sa mga nakatanggap ng Janssen vaccines.
Jonathan Hicap
