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Manila begins inoculating 5-11-year old kids against COVID-19

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - The city government of Manila on Monday began administering COVID-19 vaccines to children aged 5 to 11-years old as the Philippines seeks to protect more youths against the virus that has killed millions worldwide.</p><p>Parents have to schedule their children for vaccination via www.ManilaZoo.ph, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso said in a press conference.</p><p>&quot;After that they can bring any vaccination card from their municipality or city then we can register them here,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;This is our way of getting a control of the number of people who come here,&quot; he said, noting that the zoo can accommodate some 2,000 to 3,000 people daily.</p><p>Adults and adolescents between 12 and 17-years-old can be inoculated at the Manila Zoo, the mayor said.</p><p>Local officials will study the number and location of minors who want to get jabbed against COVID-19 before deciding when and where to open more inoculation sites for 5 to 11-year-old children, he said.</p><p>As of February 6, there were 19,876 children aged between 5 and 11-years-old who have signed up for Manila&#x27;s inoculation program against COVID-19, data from the local government showed.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/19/22/manila-zoo-reopens-after-3-year-closure-now-a-vaccination-venue-too">Manila Zoo reopens to public after 3-year closure; some visitors receive COVID shots</a></li></ul><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">DOH <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDuque?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDuque</a> jabs 9-year-old girl with Pfizer’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> vaccine, assures parents inoculant is safe for children. <a href="https://t.co/hlxUQuFFO8">pic.twitter.com/hlxUQuFFO8</a></p>— Kat Domingo (@_katrinadomingo) <a href="https://twitter.com/_katrinadomingo/status/1490569559744872451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The Department of Health (DOH) urges other local government units to hold vaccination programs in open or well-ventilated spaces like Manila Zoo, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Yung aming pagdating dito… ay nangangahulugan na ligtas ang bakunahan dito sa Siyudad ng Maynila,&quot; Duque said.</p><p>(Our visit here shows that the City of Manila has a safe vaccination site.)</p><p>&quot;Wag nating pagdudahan dahil maganda ang preparasyon. Nakita naman ninyo ang malinis na lugar, magandang sistema ng bakunahan,&quot; he said.</p><p>(We shouldn&#x27;t worry because they are well prepared for this. As you can see, the place is clean and the system is effective.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/24/22/aspiring-city-mayor-hits-manila-zoo-renovation">Manila mayoral aspirant hits city zoo renovation</a></li></ul><p>The low-dose reformulated Pfizer vaccine is proven to be safe for children, he said.</p><p>The DOH earlier said that 10 micrograms of Pfizer&#x27;s reformulated vaccine would be administered to children aged 5 to 11.</p><p>Unlike the COVID-19 vaccine for other age groups, the inoculant for younger children has an orange cap to be differentiated from the ones used on adults or those with a purple or gray cap.</p><p>“Kung mayroon pa kayong mga agam-agam, kung mayroon pa kayong mga duda, sana ito ay mawala na,” the Health chief said.</p><p>(If you still have doubts and worries, I hope these will be gone soon.)</p><p>“This is extremely important because this will now usher in the normalcy we have all been aspiring for,” he said, noting that the government is eyeing to resume face-to-face classes as soon as most students have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.</p><p>The national government is eyeing to inoculate some 15.6 million kids nationwide, Duque said.</p><p>The DOH is hopeful that it would reach this target this year as the vaccine hesitancy rate recently dropped to 8 percent from 18 percent in September 2021, the Health chief said.</p><p>&quot;This is a reflection of the increasing confidence of our people in the vaccination program of government,&quot; he said.</p><p>Experts are now studying if and when COVID-19 booster shots can be administered to minors between 12 and 17-years old, he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/07/22/philippines-begins-covid-vaccination-of-kids-age-5-to-11">Philippines rolls out COVID-19 vaccines to kids age 5 to 11</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1918081" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

The city government of Manila on Monday began administering COVID-19 vaccines to children aged 5 to 11-years old as the Philippines seeks to protect more youths against the virus that has killed millions worldwide.

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Published Feb 07, 2022 05:26 PM PHT

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