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Portion of US-donated Pfizer jabs to be allocated for minors
The Philippines received 924,300 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, a donation from the US through COVAX.
These new doses bring the total US donation to 1.8 million as part of a larger 10 million dose commitment.
A portion of these newly arrived vaccines will be allocated for the inoculation of adolescents aged 12 to 17.
The pilot vaccination for children aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities is scheduled to begin on October 15 in eight hospitals.
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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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The Philippines plans to vaccinate 12.7 million minors aged 12 to 17 against COVID-19, starting with those who have specific comorbidities.
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The Philippines has received nearly 79 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of October 7, with over 46 million administered nationwide.
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