Pfizer, Moderna eye permit for COVID-19 jabs for children within 2021: DOST

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/business/06/16/20200613-stranded-individuals-fort-bonifacio-gc-5574.jpg"/><figcaption>FILE. Stranded passengers settle at the Philippine Army Gym in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on June 13, 2020, as they wait for flights out of the capital. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Wednesday said pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Moderna are preparing to seek Emergency Use Authorizations for their COVID-19 vaccines to be administered to children.</p><p>Pfizer is &quot;targeting around September of this year,&quot; while Moderna said they might already have child-friendly vaccines by the end of the year, said Dr. Nina Gloriani, head of the DOST&#x27;s vaccine expert panel.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/02/02/21/covid-science-long-lasting-covid-19-effects-seen-in-children">COVID SCIENCE: Long lasting COVID-19 effects seen in children</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Ang mga pag-aaral ng Pfizer ay napakabilis for these younger children... Hintayin na lang po natin na mag-apply sila ng EUA sa atin,&quot; she told state television PTV.</p><p>(Pfizer has been quick to study these vaccines for younger children... Let&#x27;s just wait for them to apply for an EUA.)</p><p>&quot;We look forward to that kasi maa-address niya &#x27;yung pagbabakuna sa isang age group na hindi natin makakaya with the other vaccines,&quot; she said.</p><p>(We look forward to that because that can address the vaccination of an age group that cannot be inoculated with the other vaccines.)</p><p>The United States earlier approved the use of Pfizer vaccines for children aged between 12 and 15-years old.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/11/21/us-authorizes-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-for-12-15-year-olds">US authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for 12-15 year olds</a></li></ul><p>Pfizer&#x27;s vaccines for children showed promising results as none of the 1,000 children inoculated with the drug were infected with COVID-19, Gloriani said.</p><p>Pfizer and Moderna are also conducting studies on the efficacy of COVID-19 jabs for youngsters aged between 6 months and 11-years old, she said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/05/21/doh-studying-child-friendly-covid-19-vaccines">DOH &#x27;studying&#x27; child-friendly COVID-19 vaccines</a></li></ul><p>&quot;This is a bigger study. Siguro mga 6,000 to 7,000 ang kailangan na participants hindi kagaya nitong mga 12-15 years old na hanggang 3,000 lang ang naging participants,&quot; she said.</p><p>(This is a bigger study. It involves between 6,000 and 7,000 participants unlike the study for 12-15-years old that onlyn invovled up to 3,000 participants.)</p><p>Minors in the Philippines have been ordered to stay indoors since March 2020, after the government suspended physical classes to avoid spreading the disease in classrooms and schools.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/03/11/21/generation-threatened-as-pandemic-sets-back-childhood-development-unicef">Generation threatened as pandemic sets back childhood development: UNICEF</a></li></ul><p>The Philippines is hoping to inoculate some 70 million individuals by the end of the year to achieve herd immunity against the disease, which has infected at least 1 million people in the country.</p><p>So far, only 514,000 Filipinos have received 2 doses of the vaccine, while 2 million others have been jabbed with their first dose, according to data from the DOH.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/23/21/children-have-stronger-antibody-response-to-covid-study">Children have stronger antibody response to COVID: study</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/17/21/why-experts-think-well-need-to-vaccinate-children-against-covid-19">Why experts think we&#x27;ll need to vaccinate children against COVID-19</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=1683470" 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><div> </div>

<p>The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Wednesday said pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Moderna are preparing to seek Emergency Use Authorizations for their COVID-19 vaccines to be administered to children.</p>

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Wednesday said pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Moderna are preparing to seek Emergency Use Authorizations for their COVID-19 vaccines to be administered to children.

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Pfizer, Moderna eye permit for COVID-19 jabs for children within 2021: DOST

Pfizer, Moderna eye permit for COVID-19 jabs for children within 2021: DOST

Katrina Domingo,

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Published May 12, 2021 01:36 PM PHT

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Updated May 12, 2021 01:37 PM PHT

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