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CHED sees 'no vaccine hesitancy' among tertiary students

Published Oct 31, 2021 12:05 am

For the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), vaccine hesitancy is the “least” of its problems when it comes to the inoculation of tertiary students against coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Vaccination of student-athletes (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN)

“Whenever I go, I have not seen vaccine hesitancy on the students,” CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera said during the ceremonial vaccination of college students in Quezon City University (QCU) on Oct. 29. “There seems to be some vaccine hesitancy on the parents of the students,” he added.

De Vera said that for parents that have vaccine hesitancy, there are several reasons such as health and other conditions.

“There is hesitancy because of certain religious beliefs, that is a little more difficult to address,” he said.

However, he noted that the “easiest hesitancy” to address is because of wrong information. “That’s the easiest because I just need to give them the right information,” he added.

In order to promote the urgency of vaccinating students, CHED launched a vaccination caravan early this month.

“Whenever I go to schools, I ask the students if their parents are vaccinated already,” he said. “If not, I tell them that ‘once you go home, talk to your parents’ is that the hesitancy is based on wrong information,” he explained.

De Vera said that students who were already vaccinated can convince their parents because they have experienced it already. “They’re in the best position to go to their families and convince the parents to get vaccinated,” he added.

As part of CHED’s vaccination caravan, De Vera is going around the country to witness the inoculation of tertiary students. The vaccination in QCU, for instance, was just a small part of the overall vaccination.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2021/10/30/bakunahan-na-lahat-ched-says-all-college-students-should-be-vaccinated-vs-covid-19/

“We are holding simultaneous vaccination in universities and colleges,” he said.

For De Vera, schools are the best vaccination sites for students since they are familiar with the environment.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2021/10/30/why-school-based-covid-19-vaccination-is-more-ideal-for-college-students/

“The atmosphere is more relaxed, they see their classmates, their crushes, for the first time since face-to-face classes are still not allowed,” he said in a mix of English and Filipino.

With only about 30 percent of the students vaccinated against COVID-19 nationwide, CHED hopes that 70 to 80 percent of college students have been inoculated by the end of November 2021.

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