On January 24 of this year, vaccination against COVID-19 began for children between 5 and 11 years of age. with comorbidities and immunosuppression and children between 10 and 11 years old. “That first day, an average of 3,500 minors received the first dose and this February 14 they must return for the application of their second dose,” said the director of the Mantaro Valley Network, Enrique Porras.
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He added that around 7,000 minors attended at the regional level. “We have the doses in stock, and from the 14th onwards, parents with their children can gradually go to the vaccination sites. Each minor has her vaccination card and there it indicates the date of the second dose, ”she remarked.
Porras Orellana, stated that the vaccination brigades have already used 85% of the doses given to them by the Junín Regional Health Directorate (Diresa). In addition, that to date in Huancayo and Concepción there are already more than 38 thousand minors vaccinated.
In Huancayo, the vaccination points are: Open Plaza, International Business Center (CIN) Yanama, IE Santa Isabel, IE San Juan Bosco and IE Domingo Sarmiento; in El Tambo, Harvard College, Hospital EsSalud door n°6 and Fundo El Povernir; in Chilca the Wanka Coliseum and the IE Túpac Amaru. Specify that attention in educational institutions is from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and at fixed points from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The official announced that today at noon in the Open Plaza there will be an artistic show to encourage the vaccination of the conceited of the different households. “We urge fathers and mothers to comply with the vaccination of minors,” he said.
More than 8 thousand children in Jauja and Yauli
Meanwhile, the Executive Director of the Jauja Health Network, Lourdes Ayala Díaz, reported that this Monday, February 14, the application of the second dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 will begin to 470 children between 10 and 11 years of age. of Jauja; however, a total of 8,880 children from 5 to 11 years of age in Jauja and Yauli will receive their second dose (in the following days).
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“For the Vacuna Kids campaign, five Jauja IEs were enabled, such as the Glorious 500 Virtual, San José, San Vicente de Paúl, Ernesto Bonilla Del Valle and Nuestra Señora del Carmen, where they will be attended from 8:00 am to 1:00 a.m. 00 hours”, he detailed.
Likewise, for this activity there will be 7 vaccination brigades and 7 family doctor brigades for pre- and post-vaccination evaluation of schoolchildren.
On the other hand, in Yauli-La Oroya, the vaccination of the second dose for children aged 10 and 11 will begin this Wednesday, February 16, for more than 300 students in the districts of La Oroya and Santa Rosa de Sacco, enabling four vaccination points with 10 vaccination brigades.
