Over 2,000 pediatric doses of Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine will be arriving this Saturday, Nov. 6, according to Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. chief executive officer Esther L. Mu\u00f1a in a virtual news briefing yesterday.<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a said the doses will be rolled out starting Saturday at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center \u201cas quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a said she and CHCC want to make the doses available to the community as soon as possible, and added that CHCC will be working on rollouts at other vaccination sites on Saipan and on Tinian and Rota.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be pushed out to Tinian and Rota as well. …The reason why we want to roll it out on Saturday is [that] we already have it. We don’t want to wait until Monday, but we will probably need Monday to start distributing it to other sites. There [are] individual providers that are willing to be a part of the rolling out of these vaccines to the kids, and we’re going to get into that as well. We’re going to work on that on Monday,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
The doses of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, like the adult version of the Pfizer vaccine, is a two-shot regimen. This would mean that, once completed, there should be over 1,300 fully-vaccinated children in this age group, but Mu\u00f1a assured that \u201cCHCC will be getting more supplies as the days go by.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Oct. 29 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer vaccine for emergency use in children aged 5 to 11. Up next was approval by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and on Nov. 2 the committee\u2019s 14 members unanimously voted to approve the Pfizer vaccine for the age group. Later in the day, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky endorsed on Nov. 2 a recommendation to vaccinate children aged 5 to 11. <\/p>\n
Saipan Tribune first reported last week that CHCC pre-ordered 2,700 pediatric doses of the Pfizer vaccine in anticipation of CDC approval, and also reported that, along with the vaccines itself, \u201cancillary supply kits such as needles, syringes, and other [personal protective equipment] for clinical staff to safely administer the vaccines\u201d will be delivered to the CNMI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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