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Kid’s comfort eyed in MM 5-11 vaccination rollout
By Nidz Godino
“The area should be ready for whatever happens during immunization to help make children’s experience pleasant,” Health Undersecretary and National Vaccination Operations Center chief Dr. Myrna Cabotaje said at a public briefing number of local governments in Metro Manila are making kid-friendly adjustments to their vaccination sites as they prepare to take on new group of vaccine recipients this week.
The comfort and ease of 5-to-11-year-old children who will get jabbed beginning February 4 were prioritized in selecting locations and readying surroundings at the venues, representatives of the LGUs.
This is in keeping with guidelines released by Department of Health (DOH) for the rollout.
Parañaque City Health Office head Dr. Olga Virtusio said Parañaque City is allocating exclusive spaces to address children’s specific needs.
“It’s risky in mixing them actually with adult population…totally a lot of considerations for this in terms of environment to make it really cozy one for them and welcoming environment for them in terms of how they can be motivated to be vaccinated,”Virtusio said in a phone interview.
Parañaque will be using its already running vaccination sites at SM Sucat and Ayala Malls for the 5-to-11 rollout.
Regular vaccine recipients and those getting boosters will be moved to different locations either within malls or outside.
Virtusio said they would be “very creative” in crafting vaccination area.
“Ang edad na ito will be a little bit impatient, a little bit mobile, playful, and medyo pasaway, mainipin, and you just have to be very playful also in terms of the environment.”
Having separate vaccination venues will also help avoid errors and mistakes in vaccination process, Virtusio said.
The formulation for Pfizer vaccines approved for juvenile age group is diluted version of those given to adolescents and adults.
Virtusio added rollout for children could not be done elsewhere since city’s cold storage facilities a requirement for Pfizer vaccine would have to be transported there.
“Already we have been advised not to move as often the freezers that we have on hand, and it might cost us already too much expense…they might get damaged as well,” she said.
The city health office said 21,000 have already registered for pediatric vaccination, but only 700 will be included in the first day of rollout.
Non-resident children can be registered for the jab but initial rollout will prioritize those from Parañaque.
Other cities such as Makati and Mandaluyong will open venues at malls and schools for rollout.
Makati City plans to use SM Makati and the Nemesio I. Yabut Elementary School.
In Mandaluyong, the allocated vaccination site at The Podium mall will mimic children’s party-themed setup used at the nearby SM Megamall which put up life-size comic book characters for vaccination of 12 to 17 year olds.
The other site will be located at the Addition Hills Integrated School.
Jimmy Isidro, the city’s chief of staff, said environment would hopefully help ease children’s apprehension and also keep some from having tantrums.
“The mayor would like to create for this rollout an ambience where kids would be entertained…when they see the area, it would look good to them…the hope is it becomes festive and not create anxiety,” he said.
The City of Manila, meanwhile, is already using recently reopened Manila Zoo as vaccination site for adolescents and even adults.
The Manila Public Information Office said the zoo was already cleared by the DOH for the 5-to-11 rollout.
People planning to get their vaccine there would have to register twice,first at city’s Covax website for an appointment and second at the Manila Zoo website to get into the park.
The Bagong Ospital ng Maynila, currently in operation for immunizing public utility drivers, will be the second venue.
The city has yet to finalize if dedicated areas will be allocated for children at the sites.
The DOH said 32 sites, among them 3 government hospitals, will handle the initial vaccination for children in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and Calabarzon.
The rollout will begin in National Capital Region on February 4, while it begins in the surrounding provinces on February 7.
The agency has listed 168,355 registrants for 5-11 vaccination as of January 29, but is targeting 15.5 million children nationally.
Many areas initially require getting registered online for vaccine and do not accept walk-ins.
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