Booster guidelines for kids aged 12 to 17 out — DOH

An individual receives a COVID-19 vaccine at SM City Baguio on April 9, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health said Tuesday it has finalized the implementing guidelines for the administration of booster shots to healthy adolescents aged 12 to 17.

“The DOH has issued the guidelines. We are conducting orientations with our local vaccine operations centers,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told state broadcaster People’s Television in Filipino.

“Hopefully, tomorrow or in the coming days, we will already start the [rollout] of booster shots for [those aged] 12 to 17,” she added.

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