{"id":231894,"date":"2019-09-22T07:08:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T11:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=231894"},"modified":"2019-09-22T07:08:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T11:08:59","slug":"parents-need-convincing-to-have-their-kids-vaccinated-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/22\/parents-need-convincing-to-have-their-kids-vaccinated-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents need convincing to have their kids vaccinated: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said because polio is highly-contagious among children, the government must act fast to \u201cstop and reverse\u201d the viral disease. (File photo<\/a>: Karlo Nograles\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang expressed alarm over the reemergence of polio in the Philippines stressing that there should be greater effort to convince parents to have their children vaccinated.<\/p>\n

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said because polio is highly-contagious among children, the government must act fast to \u201cstop and reverse\u201d the viral disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cNakakabahala na<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s alarming that) after 19 years,\u00a0nagkaroon tayo ng<\/em>\u00a0(we have) findings of the presence of polio here,\u201d Nograles said in an interview on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cKailangang bilisan natin yung<\/em>\u00a0actions\u00a0natin<\/em>\u00a0to (We need to act fast to) stop this and to reverse it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Nograles pointed out that although immunization is free, the Department of Health (DOH) has taken action to boost its immunization campaign and address the 68 percent decline of polio vaccine coverage.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlam naman natin na libre naman yung bakuna na binibigay ng<\/em>\u00a0Department of Health (We know that the vaccines from the DOH is free), it\u2019s just a matter of convincing the parents, their families, the children na magpabakuna (to have their children vaccinated)),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung ano man \u2018yun<\/em>\u00a0(Whatever the cause of the decline may be), the Department of Health has its hand full in pushing and promoting again yung immunization against polio and all other sicknesses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Palace official said President Rodrigo Duterte himself is willing to help promote the polio immunization campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as support from the administration, whether budgetary or support in terms of media or\u00a0sa panawagan<\/em>\u00a0(announcements) from the President, the President made a declaration before that he is open to, even himself, campaigning to the people\u00a0na magpabakuna<\/em>\u00a0(to have their children vaccinated),\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0(and) to avail of the immunization program of the Department of Health,\u201d Nograles said.<\/p>\n

He said the reemergence of polio will be discussed in the Cabinet meeting next month.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the DOH confirmed that a five-year-old boy from Laguna is the latest and second confirmed polio case in the country.<\/p>\n

The first case was a three-year-old girl from Lanao del Sur.<\/p>\n

DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III has encouraged parents of children below five years old, health workers, and local chief executives to take part in the synchronized polio vaccination to be scheduled in their communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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