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Bacolod City gears up for school-based vaccination drive
Bacolod City vaccinated 920 minors aged 12 to 17 with Pfizer jabs in dispersed operations at a hospital and two malls.
This brought the total number of inoculated minors in the city to 1,186, with 266 minors with comorbidities having received jabs on the first day.
The city government is set to begin a school-based vaccination drive this week, starting with five schools including St. Scholastica's Academy, Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod, and La Consolacion College-Bacolod.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia expressed encouragement for the turnout, attributing it to the hard work of medical frontliners and volunteers.
The city plans to expand its vaccine program for minors to schools in response to demand from the youth and their parents.
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