THE City Government of Bacolod will receive an additional 30,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines for children aged five to 11 starting this week, an official of Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) said.
Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical data and analysis of EOC-TF, said Tuesday, March 15, that the Department of Health (DOH) informed them that there will be a delivery of additional Pfizer vaccines for the Negros Occidental capital city this week.
With the additional doses of vaccines, Sorongon said they will also open more barangay vaccination centers for children five to 11 years old.
Last February, Bacolod City received 10,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines for children five to 11 years old.
As of March 14, 5,780 children from the said age group received their first shots, 808 of which are already fully vaccinated.
Only Pfizer has been issued with an emergency use authorization (EUA) for pediatric vaccination.
On the target population data from DOH-Western Visayas, Bacolod City has a total of 80,000 children aged five to 11.
Of the figures, the city was given a target of 45,000 children to be inoculated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Zero cases anew
After logging zero Covid-19 infection last March 12, Bacolod City registered no infection anew on Monday, March 14, based on real-time data from the EOC-TF.
It was the third time this year and the fourth since 2021 that Bacolod reported zero Covid-19 cases for the day, and Mayor Evelio Leonardia expressed elation over this development, saying it speaks very well of the hard work of the EOC-TF and the compliance of Bacolodnons to minimum health protocols.
Bacolod first booked zero Covid cases on March 10, 2021. The EOC also reported zero case last February 21, 2022 and on March 12, 2022.
Leonardia also attributed the successful campaign against the health crisis to the leadership of local IATF chair and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, the EOC and its army of vaccination volunteers.
Bacolod's alert status has been downgraded to Alert Level 1.
The mayor, though, reminded residents to remain vigilant and reiterated his call to "live with the virus and adjust to it accordingly and cautiously" under the new normal. (With PR)