Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has appealed to the National Task Force Against COVID-19 not to allow “walk-ins” during the roll out of its vaccination program for minors on Friday, October 15.
Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, said it is imperative for the national and local government leaders to prevent overcrowding in vaccination sites, noting that minors aged 12 to 17 years old with comorbidities are listed in the Pediatric A3 category and would be the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines.
“We don’t allow a walk-in type of arrangement dahil talagang mag-iipon-ipon ang mga tao especially now that the weather condition is unpredictable at maya’t maya ay umuulan ,” Gatchalian said. According to the NTF, there are 12.7 million teenagers in the 12-17 age group. The Department of Health said that based on the Global Burden of Disease, 10 percent of those in this age group are estimated to have comorbidities.
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