More minors get jabbed in Lapu-Lapu

A parent and her child wait for their turn to get vaccinated for COVID-19 at the Hoops Dome in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. | Futch Anthony Inso

A parent and her child wait for their turn to get vaccinated for COVID-19 at the Hoops Dome in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. | Futch Anthony Inso

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A mom speaks to the media during the first day of vaccination for minors last November 3, 2021 at the Hoops Dome in Lapu-Lapu City. CDN Digital photo | Futch Anthony Inso

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Lapu-Lapu City Government has already inoculated 3,677 teens aged 12 to 17 years old for their first dose of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine.

This was based on the data from the Lapu-Lapu City Health Office (CHO) as of November 15, 2021.

Vaccination for the pediatric age started on November 3, 2021 at the Hoops Dome in Barangay Gun-ob.

Aside from this, the CHO has also reported that  12,452 kids in the city have registered to be vaccinated. This is in preparation for the next vaccination level.

Meanwhile,  a downward trend is already noted on the COVID-19 cases in Lapu-Lapu City, according to CHO daily monitoring reports.

On Tuesday, November 16, 2021, the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) only recorded five new cases of COVID-19 in Lapu-Lapu City. The number of active cases is at 80.

Looking back, the generally decreasing “rise-and-fall” number of daily COVID-19 cases dove from a three-digit figure last August to a two-digit figure last October and to a single-digit number this month, according to the DOH report.

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