DAVAO CITY, February 22—(PIA) A local vaccine czar urged parents to register first their children aged five to eleven to the SAFEDAVAO QR before they can go to vaccine sites for inoculation.
Dr. Josephine Villafuerte, Vaccination Cluster head of the city bared the registration to the SAFEDAVAOQR is crucial so that their children will be integrated in the local vaccination system.
She said that the vaccination for children now is on its second phase, with three vaccination sites namely San Roque Elementary School in Barrio Obrero, Vicente Hizon Elementary School at Barangay Sasa and the Almendras gym.
“Children can be vaccinated on these sites, whether they are walk-ins provided they have registered at the SAFEDAVAOQR,” Villafuerte said.
She noticed the vaccination site at San Roque Elementary School in Barrio Obrero accommodated more or less 300 young vaccinees while there were vaccine sites with low turn-out.
“Perhaps, some mothers are hesitant, but if they change their minds, vaccination is open for children in any of the sites,” Villafuerte said.
She revealed that next week will be the third phase of the vaccination roll out where they will vaccinate the children according to health districts.
Villafuerte underscored that a vaccination site must cater only to specific category, for children 5 to 11, for the youth at 12 to 17 and for the adults aged 18 and above and not a mixture of clients.
She also stressed that no one died in the city because of the vaccination.
Villafuerte said many of the people who died were unvaccinated, had lingering illness.
“The vaccination plus the booster shot increase the level of immunity of a person unlike in the past when many died because there was no vaccination at all,” she said. (PIA XI-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)
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