PEDIATRIC VACCINATION. A five-year-old girl gets her Covid-19 shots during the rollout of pediatric vaccination for 5 to 11 years old in Iloilo City on Monday (Feb. 14, 2022). The Philippine Pediatric Society, Inc. Western Visayas chapter has thrown its support to the ongoing rollout of vaccination for children 5 to 11 years old, which they advocate as the most effective way to prevent the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).(Photo fromArnold Almacen/City Mayor's Office) ILOILO CITY - The Philippine Pediatric Society, Inc. Western Visayas chapter has thrown its support to the ongoing rollout of vaccination for children 5 to 11 years old, which they advocate as the most effective way to prevent the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). A statement, signed by its president, Dr. Teresa C. Martirez-Hallegado, said children at this age group are at a higher risk of developing more severe Covid-19 like the Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) even if their Covid-19 infection is just
PEDIATRIC VAX. A 10-year-old kid avails of her first dose of the Covid-19 jab during the rollout held at the Iloilo St. Paul's Hospital on Monday (Feb . 14, 2022). The hospital will open its vaccination site for whole week if today's kick off is successful. (PNA photo courtesy of Arnold Almacen/City Mayor's Office) ILOILO CITY - The Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH WV CHD) said the time has come to open communities to children who have been greatly affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic for the past two years. "Today, we stand at the forefront of vaccinating the majority of the remaining half of our children against Covid-19, those are little ones, the 5 to 11 years old. It's about time to open our communities to the children who have been hooked with experiencing every day virtually," DOH WV CHD director Dr. Adriano Suba-an, who was represented by Public Health Development Cluster head Dr. Renilyn R
ILOILO CITY More than a million children ages five to 11-years-old should get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Western Visayas region. Dr. Renilyn Reyes, chief of DOH-6’s Public Health Project Development, disclosed that the target for the rollout of COVID-19’s pediatric vaccination is around 1,080,
PEDIATRIC VAX. Dr. Renilyn Reyes, head of the Public Health Program Development Cluster, talks about the rollout of the Covid-19 pediatric vaccination in Western Visayas in a virtual presser on Monday (Feb. 7, 2022). She said that over 1 million children 5 to 11 years old are targeted to get inoculated with the reformulated Pfizer vaccines. (PNA photo screenshot from DOH-Western Visayas live streaming) ILOILO CITY - Around 1,080,597 children aged 5 to 11 years old in Western Visayas have been targeted for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pediatric vaccination, which is expected to be tentatively rolled out in the region on Valentine's Day. "Covid-19 vaccine of all types at all age group continues to protect against severe disease and especially deaths," said Dr. Renilyn Reyes, head of the Public Health Program Development Cluster of the Department of Health in Western Visayas in a virtual presser on Monday. She said that vaccines provide an additional safeguard for
While health officials say asymptomatic cases make up 68.8% of confirmed cases, vaccinating as many minors from the age of 5 to 11 would protect younger children from infections