Dr. Michelle Schlosser, the spokesman of the city’s COVID-19 Task Force said the Vaccination Cluster Team met Wednesday (Feb. 2) with management of different hospitals as the first pediatric rollout will be conducted in their facilities.
The City Information Office (CIO) in its report said the Vaccination Cluster Team will still finalize how to go about with the rollout, if it will be done in one vaccination hub or place special lanes for the 5 to 11 years old age group in the city's current operational vaccination sites.
"That's what our Vaccination Cluster head is considering to really have a separate lane for this age group. We don't want to have a mixture of this age group and they will be given a different dosage,” Schlosser said.
According to her, they are just waiting for the Pfizer vaccine formulated for the 5 to 11 years old pediatric population, considering that the vaccine dosage for them is 0.2ml, lower than the standard dosage of 0.3ml for other population age groups.
A different type of syringe, which is safer for the youngest age group population, will also be used.
“Pfizer has been proven as a safer vaccine for children, ”the health official said.
“We will create a good environment for children that will not threaten them otherwise they will back out,” she said, adding that the Vaccination Cluster Team will be working with Davao City's public and private pediatricians to properly roll out the vaccination for the 5 to 11 years old.
Schlosser, meanwhile, advised parents of children with comorbidities to get a prepared medical certificate at the city's vaccination hubs and have them filled up by their pediatricians.
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