
Negros Occidental Pediatric A3 vax drive starts Oct. 29, more sites to open
Capitol photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government will launch its mass vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 years old with comorbidities under the Pediatric A3 category at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City starting 8 a.m. Friday, October 29.“Our target is 300 children…If there are more, we can still go up to 500 on the same day," Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, October 28.Pfizer vaccines recommended by the Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organization will be administered, he said.Aside from the TLJPH, the provincial government will also vaccinate comorbid minors at the Lorenzo D. Zayco District Hospital in Kabankalan City and Cadiz District Hospital at dates to be announced later, Diaz added.The DOH ...