COVID-19 jabs for kids aged 5-11 could start by January 2022 to combat Omicron variant — Galvez

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A teenager (C) receives the BioNtech-Pfizer Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine during the innoculation of young people aged 12 to 17, at a school in Taguig City, suburban Manila on November 10, 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — The government is planning to inoculate more minors by early next year to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a move now being eyed with the threat of the heavily mutated Omicron variant overseas.

 

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., Monday, says they'll push for COVID-19 vaccines for children aged five to 11 as long as a new emergency use authorization (EUA) is issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by the end of 2021.

 

"Our plan is, once the [EUA] comes out, immediately we will execute it [vaccination]. We plan on doing it by the first quarter of 2022. So January we'll start and we want to finish that immediately in the first quarter," said Galvez in Filipino in an interview by CNN Philippines.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/11/29/2144586/covid-19-jabs-kids-aged-5-11-could-start-january-2022-combat-omicron-variant-galvez

 

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