The national government will prioritize the vaccination of more or less 1.2 million adolescents with comorbidities nationwide, the first to benefit were a total of 1,151 young Filipinos with ages from 15 to 17 years old during the first day of rollout on Friday in eight hospitals in Metro Manila.
Eighty-nine minors with comorbidities were vaccinated in Pasig City General Hospital (PCGH) on Oct. 15, the first day of pilot implementation of the pediatric immunization program against COVID-19. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced on his Facebook page that PCGH has begun vaccinating 12 to 17-y
National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. andUnited States Embassy Charge d'Affaires Heather Variava (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan) MANILA - Vaccination of minors age 15 to 17 begins Friday, with the initial rollout for provinces targeted before the month ends. National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Thursday night said the Department of Health has conducted a simulation after inspecting the eight initial Metro Manila hospitals selected for the pilot. "We are ready. We've given 1,700 Pfizer (doses) to each vaccination site and in fact, there are many hospitals and local government units who are asking also for the pilot," he told reporters upon the arrival of some 862,290 doses of government-procured Pfizer-BioNTech at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The select hospitals for the pilot pediatric inoculation are the Philippine Children&
VACCINATION FOR KIDS. A boy receives his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at the Pasig City Children's Hospital on Friday (Oct. 15, 2021). Some 89 children with comorbidities included in the hospital's master list pulled up their sleeves to get the life-saving shot. (Photo courtesy of Pasig City PIO) MANILA - Select hospitals that are part of the pilot Covid-19 vaccination for minors in the National Capital Region (NCR) are required to seek consent from parents or guardians and the child before proceeding with inoculation, a health official reiterated Friday. In a virtual presser, Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said these adolescents-from ages 12 to 17-will only receive vaccines that have been given emergency use authority (EUA) by the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the "pediatric population." "Ito po ay gagawin muna sa ating mga ospital kung saan meron po tayong mga doktor at mga pediatricians na maaaring
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) No adverse events following immunization (AEFI) has been reported among children with comorbidities who were vaccinated at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) as the government launched the pediatric vaccination on Friday, Oct. 15. In a radio interview, PGH Spokesper