Children, teenagers could begin getting COVID-19 pictures by late September or October – Galvez
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A well being employee prepares a dose of Gamaleya Nationwide Heart of Epidemiology and Microbiology’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine throughout a vaccination for residents in Mandaluyong on July 15, 2021. (File photograph from AFP)
MANILA, Philippines — The federal government could begin vaccinating youngsters and youngsters in opposition to COVID-19 by the top of September or October, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the nationwide vaccine supervisor, stated on Sunday at a press briefing on the Ninoy Aquino Worldwide Airport (NAIA), the place he oversaw the arrival of greater than 300,000 Moderna doses.
READ: Greater than 300,000 procured Moderna doses arrive at NAIA
“We proposed actually to the NITAG [National Immunization Technical Advisory Group] and in addition to our consultants that now we have to incorporate youngsters as quickly as potential contemplating that they are going to be additionally susceptible, significantly these youngsters with comorbidities,” Galvez stated.
Galvez additionally stated the federal government was negotiating for at the very least 26 million vaccine doses for youngsters aged as much as 15.
Thus far, solely Pfizer has an emergency use authorization to be used of its vaccine on these aged 12 to fifteen.
READ: DOH: Pfizer jabs OK for age 12-15
The Philippines up to now has vaccinated a bit of over 10 % of its whole inhabitants, based on Galvez.
READ: 10% of PH inhabitants now totally vaccinated vs COVID-19 – Galvez
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