Some children dependents of police in Central Luzon get inoculated against COVID-19 with the Moderna vaccine at Camp Olivas in Pampanga on Nov. 18. (Photo courtesy of Police Regional Officer 3)
OLONGAPO CITY––At least 250 children of police in Central Luzon were inoculated against COVID-19 during a mass vaccination Thursday at Camp Olivas in Pampanga province.
The Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) said the children belong to the 12-17 age group and are dependents of policemen.
Brig. Gen. Matthew Baccay, director of PRO3, said the minors received the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
“This is one way of showing our personnel that we value and we also give priority even to their loved ones, especially their children,” Baccay said in a statement.
The PRO3 has vaccinated 99.47 percent of its 15,691 personnel with the first or second dose of the vaccine against the virus.