BACOLOD City-The Emergency Operations Center(EOC) informs the public that there is no vaccination schedule for children aged five to 11 years old, due to a limited supply of Pfizer vaccines for coronavirus disease-2019(COVID-19).
“Once vaccines for kids are readily available, the public advisory will be published,” the EOC said.
Kids, along with their parents, flocked the themed vaccination venues prepared through public and private efforts.
Doctor Chris Sorongon, deputy director of the EOC said the city jabbed the most number of minors at 539 on Day One of the 5-11 years old vaccination rolls out on Feb.14.
“Bacolod City has exceeded its target,” he added.
Earlier, this city registered a new record after topping the third leg of the National Vaccination Drive for COVOD-19 in Western Visayas with the highest number of vaccinees percentage-wise.
Doctor Edwin Miraflor, Jr., officer-in-charge of the City Health Office(CHO), said the EOC and the local COVID-19 Vaccination Council, achieved a 66.98 percent accomplishment rate by inoculating 22, 949 Bacolodnons during the period from Feb. 9 until Feb.15.
He added, the figure brings the team closer to the 34, 265 targets set by the Department of Health(DOH)- VI.
Next to Bacolod is Capiz with a 54.70 percent accomplishment record, followed by Negros Occidental, 43.34 percent; Iloilo Province, 37.43 percent; Aklan, 33.62 percent; Antique, 31.61 percent; Guimaras, 28.69 percent and Iloilo City with 20.09 percent./PN
