An estimated 2,000 children, ages 12 -17, received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 jab during a vaccination drive at MovieTowne yesterday in what has been seen as a major boost for the government’s back-to-school drive.
The event was scheduled to begin at 9 am and end at 4 pm but with cars lining up early, inoculations started before 8 am and continued right up to 5.45 pm and even then persons had to be turned away.
Extra staff had to be called out by the ministries of health and education and some teachers also volunteered with paperwork. Around 70,000 children are being targeted for inoculation utilizing a donation by the US government of 146, 250 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
