Vaccination of children between 5 and 11 years old began in Huancavelica with two characters that are the admiration and delight of the conceited in the house, the Incredible Hulk and Spiderman.
This was seen in the Essalud vaccination center, located in the Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua IE, where two nurses, with love for children and with the aim of vaccinating more minors and that they receive warm care and without fear of the vaccine (as is also seen in adults).
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One of the girls who received the vaccine in said vaccination is called Evangely (9), who said that the vaccine did not hurt her and she felt calm when receiving it.
Evangely’s mother stated that she feels calmer knowing that her daughter has already received the first dose of the vaccine and that it will reduce the risk that she may contract the disease.
“They are the children’s favorite characters, it makes the children have that confidence, they come and enter without crying, we want them to feel that security so that they don’t spread fear to the rest either”; affirmed Yeni Otañe Rojas, the nurse who dressed up as Spiderman.
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VACCINATION CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED FOR MINORS.
With the presence of the regional manager Héctor Riveros; the regional director of education, Julio Saez, and the director of the Huancavelica Health Network, Hardy Esplana Boza, at IE Pepín Cárdenas launched the vaccination of children.
Esplana Boza affirmed that about 7,000 vaccines are arriving in the region and that there will be other batches with more doses to immunize minors, who will return to classes next March.
In turn, Héctor Riveros urged parents to vaccinate minors.
“This variant generated by the third wave is affecting children, so I call on parents to raise awareness and guide children about the vaccination process and the consequences of the disease,” said Riveros Carhuapoma.