Zambo City suspends

vaccination of children

 

The Zamboanga City Health Office  has temporarily suspended the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 due to a lack of supply of vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

“Once we receive the additional supply, we will resume our activity,” said Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, on Wednesday.

She noted that a total of 13,548 children have so far received their first dose since the vaccination for the particular age group rolled out on February 9.

Miravite said a reformulated Pfizer vaccine brand has been allocated for the youngest pediatric group.

Meanwhile, she said 621,141 individuals representing 69.30 percent of the target population of 896,200 have been fully vaccinated since the vaccination rolled out in March 2021.

She said 530,164 of the 621,141 fully vaccinated individuals were adults while the remaining 90,977 were children aged 12 to 17.

She added that 73,596 adult individuals have received their vaccine booster shots.

She encouraged all the fully vaccinated individuals to get vaccine boosters for added protection against Covid-19.

“This (vaccine booster) will protect us from the severe form of infection,” Miravite said.