by Fredmoore Cavan, PIA4A November 3, 2021 Minors with comorbidities. SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna — Mayor Loreto ‘Amben’ Amante is urging all pa...
November 3, 2021
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SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna — Mayor Loreto ‘Amben’ Amante is urging all parents in the city to have their children ages 12 to 17 years old, vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), as they rolled out the vaccination program for the pediatric A3 population.
The city government of San Pablo kicked off the vaccination program for minors with comorbidity on Friday, October 29, at the San Pablo City General Hospital, with some 500 minors incoulated with the first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
Parents can only choose between Pfizer and Moderna, the only vaccines with emergency use authorization for 12 to 17 years old issued by the Philippine Food and Drug Administration.
“Ito na po ang panahon para magpabakuna, huwag po nating hayaan ang pagkakataong ito dahil we have enough vaccines sa ating siyudad,” Amante said.
The City Mayor said with the easing of quarantine restrictions, it is important that residents including children get vaccinated against the disease to keep them from getting and spreading the virus that causes Covid-19.
“Kitang-kita naman natin ang pagluluwag ng ating ekonomiya so kinakailangan na bawat San Pableños, ay tumulong po tayo sa pamamagitan ng pagbabakuna dahil mahirap yung nagluluwag ang ekonomiya tapos hindi naman tayo bakunado,” Amante explained.
Amante added that they are targeting to vaccinate all the 33,000 estimated population of minors in the city before the year ends.
Citing the city’s vaccination efforts, Amante also expressed optimisim that the city will achieve Covid-19 herd immunity by December so residents can experience happier Christmas season this year.
Regionwide padiatric A3 vaccination
San Pablo City is the first in Laguna to rollout the pediatric A3 vaccination. The San Pablo City General Hospital meanwhile, is one of the five vaccination centers in the region selected by the Department of Health Region 4A to pilot the vaccination rollout for minors.
According to DOH Region 4A, they decided to hold the immunization activity in health care facilities to to manage possible serious adverse reactions of the Covid-19 vaccine among children and facilitate easy referral of patients to other specialty hospital.
“Kailangang nating maging maingat sa pagpapatupad ng malawakang pagbabakuna sa mga bata upang mapangalagaan ang kanilang kalusugan,” Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo said in a statement.
“We will be monitoring these vaccinated children to detect adverse events following immunization to ensure their safety,” the Regional Health Chief assured.
The DOH Region 4A said children under A3 are those with underlying medical comorbidities and at risk of severe Covid-19.
It said, these children have been identified to have medical complexity, genetic conditions, neurologic conditions, tuberculosis, hepatobiliary diseases, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, renal disorders, immunocompromised state due to disease or treatment, metabolic/ endocrine disease, obesity, orhuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
The DOH Region 4A reminded that vaccine recipient must be accompanied by the parent or guardian at the vaccintation site. They are also required to bring medical certificate from their doctor detailing their comorbidity. — FC, PIA4A
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