The Department of Health (DOH) has urged schools to give COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 vaccines to students this coming school year to protect them from various diseases.
The Department of Health has urged schools to give COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 vaccines to students this coming school year to protect them from various diseases.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire cited an IATF resolution wherein officials resolved to encourage schools to have COVID-19 vaccinations. “But this is not to say that it’s going to be a requirement for them to go back to school. Ito lang ay para matulungan ‘yung mga interesado na magulang kung gusto nila pabakunahan ang kanilang mga anak,” she said in a media briefing.
Vergeire issued the remark when asked if the DOH is considering mandating a school-based vaccination drive after an unvaccinated minor belonging to the 5 to 11 age group reportedly succumbed to COVID-19.“So just expect that we will have vaccination in the schools, both for COVID-19 and for non-COVID-19 vaccines in this coming school year,” she said.that a total of 25,668 or 56.89% of public schools nationwide have already gone back to in-person learning.
Meanwhile, the DOH said more than 3 million minors aged 5 to 11 have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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