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Nationwide rollout of pediatric vaccination begins Oct. 29
The nationwide COVID-19 vaccination for minors aged 12 to 17 will commence on October 29, following its successful pilot in the National Capital Region.
Vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. announced the nationwide rollout during the arrival of over a million Pfizer vaccine doses on October 22.
The vaccination for minors will be expanded to all local government units, including provinces and cities, starting on the aforementioned date.
This expansion aims to provide equitable vaccine access to young Filipinos across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
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The nationwide COVID-19 vaccination rollout for minors aged 12 to 17 is scheduled to begin in the National Capital Region on November 3, 2021, with nationwide implementation on November 5, 2021.
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A total of 1,151 children aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities were vaccinated with their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during the pilot program's first day on Friday, October 15.
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Hundreds of minors aged 12 to 17 from Bacolod City and Negros Occidental received their first COVID-19 vaccine shots on October 29, 2021.
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The second phase of pediatric vaccination targeting children aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities started on October 22, 2021, in the National Capital Region.
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The COVID-19 pediatric vaccination program in the National Capital Region will expand to 13 additional hospitals this Friday, as announced by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
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