'Mini' COVID-19 vaccine rollout for kids aged 5 to 11 set in February

A medical worker prepares a BioNtech-Pfizer Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a colisium in Makati City, suburban Manila on Nov. 29, 2021, as the Southeast Asian nation launched a three-day vaccination drive targeting nine million people as young as 12 in an effort to accelerate the roll-out of jabs, amidst the threat of heavily mutated coronavirus variant Omicron.

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MANILA, Philippines — Children aged five to 11 can get immunized against COVID-19 during a “mini rollout” that will be conducted in the first week of February, the head of the country’s vaccination strategy said.

Vaccinating kids is key to reopening schools shuttered by the pandemic and easing restrictions on minors, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez said in a release.

The initial rollout of vaccines for children aged five to 11 is scheduled from February 1 to 7.

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