Philippines approves use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5-11

Picture of vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 taken as elderly people are being inoculated amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, at the Carlos A Mendoza school in San Miguelito neighborhood in Panama City on March 4, 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ drug regulator has granted emergency use authorization to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech to be used on children aged five to 11.

Food and Drug Administration director general Eric Domingo told state-run People’s Television on Thursday that local experts have found that the “data submitted is sufficient” for approval.

The approval came a week after Domingo announced Pfizer and BioNTech have submitted an application for an EUA for its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11.

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