Negros Occidental and Bacolod City are expecting 30,000 more doses of Pfizer vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 years old on Tuesday, March 8.
The fourth wave of the “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” national vaccination drive is set on March 10 to 12.
Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Secretary Vince Dizon, deputy chief implementer of the National Task Force on COVID-19, has informed them that 25,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines are arriving for children aged 5 to 11 years old in Negros Occidental.
Bacolod City is also receiving 5,000 doses on Tuesday, Em Ang, Emergency Operations Center executive director, said.
The provincial government’s mass vaccination of 5 to 11 years old at its hospitals provincewide is ongoing to ensure their protection in preparation for the resumption of face-to- face classes, Diaz said.
Hopefully the pandemic will be downgraded to an endemic status soon, he said. Negros Occidental had five new COVID-19 cases for a total of 95 active cases on Monday, the Provincial Incident Management Team reported.
Bacolod City had one new COVID-19 case for a total of 148 active cases, the Department of Health (DOH) also reported on Monday.
“We’re on the way to a new normal,” Diaz said.
He stressed the need for people going to mass gatherings or campaign rallies to be fully vaccinated so they do not suffer from severe COVID-19 and to prevent the spread of the virus.
Negros Occidental has fully vaccinated 57.52 percent of its target population, and Bacolod City has inoculated 124.71 percent, the DOH 6 reported on Monday.
The DOH has classified Negros Occidental and Bacolod City as minimal risk areas for COVID-19.
Bacolod City is under Alert Level 1 and Negros Occidental remains under Alert Level 2.*