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by: SUSAN G. DE LEON
CALOOCAN CITY, (PIA) -- The Quezon City Government has started consolidating its master list of the 5 to 11 age group in preparation for the COVID-19 vaccination tentatively set in February.
The city government is working closely with village and elementary school officials, QC Task Force Vax to Normal coordinator, Dr. Maria Lourdes Eleria said in a statement.
“We are now synchronizing the list of children enrolled in our schools and those included in the census of our barangays so we can identify the number of children eligible for this round of pediatric vaccinations,” Eleria added.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States recommended the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 years old against Covid-19 in November last year.
The Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration followed suit in December, granting emergency use authorization of lower-dosed Pfizer jabs for 5 to 11-year-olds as “our experts have found that the data submitted is sufficient for the approval,” former agency Director-General Eric Domingo said.
Studies also showed that COVID-19 cases in children can result in hospitalizations, deaths, inflammatory syndromes, and long-term complications that can linger for months.
“Vaccination, along with other preventative measures, can protect children from COVID-19 using the safe and effective vaccines already recommended for use in adolescents and adults in the United States. Similar to what was seen in adult vaccine trials, vaccination was nearly 91 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 among children aged 5-11 years,” the CDC earlier said.
It added that in clinical trials, the vaccine side effects in the younger age group were mild, self-limiting, and similar to those seen in adults and the most common side effect was a sore arm.
“Finally, our younger children will be given the opportunity to receive the protection they so badly need in order to experience some kind of normalcy in their lives after having been cooped up for so long inside their houses to prevent the risk of infection,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a previous interview. (PIA-NCR)
The city government is working closely with village and elementary school officials, QC Task Force Vax to Normal coordinator, Dr. Maria Lourdes Eleria said in a statement.
“We are now synchronizing the list of children enrolled in our schools and those included in the census of our barangays so we can identify the number of children eligible for this round of pediatric vaccinations,” Eleria added.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States recommended the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 years old against Covid-19 in November last year.
The Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration followed suit in December, granting emergency use authorization of lower-dosed Pfizer jabs for 5 to 11-year-olds as “our experts have found that the data submitted is sufficient for the approval,” former agency Director-General Eric Domingo said.
Studies also showed that COVID-19 cases in children can result in hospitalizations, deaths, inflammatory syndromes, and long-term complications that can linger for months.
“Vaccination, along with other preventative measures, can protect children from COVID-19 using the safe and effective vaccines already recommended for use in adolescents and adults in the United States. Similar to what was seen in adult vaccine trials, vaccination was nearly 91 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 among children aged 5-11 years,” the CDC earlier said.
It added that in clinical trials, the vaccine side effects in the younger age group were mild, self-limiting, and similar to those seen in adults and the most common side effect was a sore arm.
“Finally, our younger children will be given the opportunity to receive the protection they so badly need in order to experience some kind of normalcy in their lives after having been cooped up for so long inside their houses to prevent the risk of infection,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a previous interview. (PIA-NCR)
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