This week began the application of the second pediatric dose to children between 5 and 11 years old

Pediatric vaccination against Covid-19 continues its course with a view to having the largest number of children vaccinated for the start of the school year on March 7.

The Ministry of Health (Minsa), with a view to this objective, this week began the application of the second dose in children between 5 and 11 years of age.

At the Children’s Hospital Dr. José Renán Esquivel began this Monday by applying the second dose to the children who received the first in said facility, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, and for this Tuesday it is scheduled to begin to vaccinate with a second dose in Parque Omar, from 7:30 am to 2:30 pm

Data from the Minsa Expanded Immunization Program indicate that until Monday, February 7, 102,303 pediatric doses were applied in the country.