This as the vaccination for this age group in Central Visayas begins Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, and the LGUs of Consolacion, Mandaue City, Talisay City and Lapu-Lapu City have announced to start administering Pfizer Covid-19 jabs on the same day.
Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr. said he will personally accompany his 10-year-old daughter to the vaccination site, the Talisay City College in Barangay Poblacion.
Gullas said friendly mascots will entertain children to ease their fear of the needle.
In Lapu-Lapu City, 4,311 children have been registered for vaccination that will take place at the Lapu-Lapu City Central School.
The Municipality of Consolacion in northern Cebu will inoculate children ages five to 11 years old in an area inside SM City Consolacion that has been transformed into a safari-themed vaccination site for the children.
Municipal Health Officer Dr. Fe Eleanor Pardillo said the town has a target population of 17,000 children.
Cebu City will begin vaccinating children ages five to 11 years old on Wednesday, Feb. 16.
Target vaccinees
Among the nine LGUs in Metro Cebu, Lapu-Lapu City has the highest number of target vaccinees at 63,173 in the five- to 11-year-old age bracket, according to Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, chief pathologist of the Department of Health Central Visayas and spokesperson of the Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC).
Minglanilla aims to inoculate 20,454 in the same age group; Mandaue City, 15,758; Talisay City, 15,000; Consolacion, 14,633; Liloan, 14,580; Cordova, 10,483; Naga City, 13,900; and Cebu City, 6,863.
Loreche said these numbers could go up in the coming days as these are only partial.
Also, a total of 85,300 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines have been delivered to Central Visayas, Loreche said.
Loreche earlier said that they will secure the second dose for the number of children who got their first dose.
She further said they are not yet certain as to when will be the next batch of doses of Covid-19 vaccines for children ages five to 11 years old will arrive in the region.