With colored balloons, music from animated movies and a mob, those responsible for the T-III Health Center in the Portales neighborhood tried to relax the nine-year-old children who came with their parents to receive the covid-19 vaccine.
The entrance to the place was the closest thing to a children’s party; A doctor dressed as Tyrannosaurus Rex was waiting for them there, taking pictures with the children, who received their dose from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, while music from movies like The Lion King o Pocahontas.
The objective, said those in charge, was to create a relaxed environment so that the children did not feel afraid of the injection, as was the case in the first days, where there was crying and screaming out of fear and nervousness.
Although in the morning there was a large influx of minors, at noon there were a couple of children sitting with their parents who had to wait seated for the arrival of four more youngsters to complete a group of six, which is the number of doses contained in a bottle .
Workers from the local Ministry of Health called on parents not to wait until the last day of vaccination, because according to the experience of other days, the number of people increases as the days go by, so a “nourished” is expected. ” attendance next Friday; however, they clarified, there are enough doses to cover the demand.
Contrary to what happened with minors, on the other side of the same Health Center the line for covid-19 tests was numerous and full of adults, mainly; some sneezed or wiped their noses waiting for their result.
At night, the capital government reported that 16,749 children were immunized.
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