Minors aged 12 to 17, who have co-morbidities were inoculated at the Riverside College yesterday, as Bacolod City, through the COVID-19 Vaccination Council, started giving jabs to Pediatric A3 vaccinees.
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia led the rollout, together with Emergency Operations Center-Task Force frontliners headed by Executive Director Em Legaspi-Ang, Dr. Edwin Miraflor, Jr. of the City Health Office, and Dr. Chris Sorongon, among others.
As of 3 p.m., some 320 minors with co-morbidities have been vaccinated but the city government was targeting 400-plus vaccinees for the day.
They received Pfizer vaccine.
The Pediatric A3 inoculation resumes November 3 at the Riverside College annex, while other Bacolodnon minors without co-morbidities can have their vaccination either at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central or at the SMX of SM City Bacolod.
Also at the Riverside College vaccination site were Dr. Ian Noel Jarabas, head of the Riverside Medical Center Pediatric Department; DOH Region VI representative Kristine Solas, Councilor Cindy Tan-Rojas, Jonathan Diaz Jr. and Cashmere Montalvo.
Pediatric A3 vaccinations are being held in a hospital-based site that has the capacity to manage possible adverse reactions to vaccines, ensure close monitoring and facilitate easy referral of patients, Ang explained.
The city government’s COVAC is implementing a phased approach in order to formulate strategies on how it will be rolled out to regular “Resbakuna” Centers, she added.*
