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Expert backs Pfizer jabs for students, Sinovac for essential workers

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/05/18/20210512-makati-medical-center-pfizer-vaccination-gc-0031.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>A health worker shows the vial of the Comirnaty COVID19 vaccine of Pfizer BioNTech during its first rollout inside the Makati Medical Center on May 12, 2021. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - A public health expert on Wednesday proposed that government allocate Pfizer&#x27;s COVID-19 vaccines to high school students and Sinovac jabs to essential workers.</p><p>Pfizer and Moderna are preparing to seek emergency use authorizations for their COVID-19 vaccines to be administered to children, authorities earlier said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/12/21/pfizer-moderna-vaccine-covid19-children-philippines-emergency-use-authorization-update">Pfizer, Moderna eye permit for COVID-19 jabs for children within 2021: DOST</a></li></ul><p>These could be used to enable the resumption of face-to-face classes, said Dr. Tony Leachon, former adviser of the National Task Force Against COVID-19.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/18/21/iatf-to-discuss-possible-vaccination-of-students-ched">IATF to discuss possible vaccination of students — CHED</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Plan for Pfizer’s arrival sometime in September with Moderna. You can use Pfizer and Moderna for the schools and other elderly citizens,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.</p><p>&quot;Also for the Indian variant, there will be only 3 vaccines addressing the Indian variant--Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca.&quot;</p><p>Meantime, the Philippines is set to receive another 500,000 doses of the Chinese vaccine this week and it still has an abundance of supply in the warehouse, Leachon said.</p><p>&quot;Since you&#x27;re reopening the economy, use the Sinovac for essential workers. Anyway it has been proven in Indonesia and other studies na maganda rin ang Sinovac (that its good) just like Astra,&quot; he said. </p><p>&quot;So that maubos natin ang inventory kasi ang shelf life niyan maikli lang eh.&quot;</p><p>(So we can use up our inventory because it has a short shelf life.)</p><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=1687942" 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><p>Leachon said he proposed earlier that government and the private sector swap their AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine allocations for faster rollout.</p><p>He made the recommendation after government said millions of vaccine shots were near expiration. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/12/21/government-urged-to-distribute-covid-19-vaccine-stock-to-private-sector-for-faster-rollout">Government urged to distribute COVID-19 vaccine stock to private sector for faster rollout</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/12/21/ph-cant-use-new-batch-of-astrazeneca-jabs-outside-top-3-covax-priority-sectors-official">PH can&#x27;t use new batch of AstraZeneca jabs outside top 3 COVAX priority sectors- official</a></li></ul><p>&quot;No offense kay Secretary Harry Roque, alam ko naman po ang guidelines na A1 to A3 (health workers, senior citizens, persons with comorbidities) lang based on COVAX pero I think marami sa private sector din na gusto ng AstraZeneca...Swap lang kayo para walang wastage,&quot; he said.</p><p>(No offense to Secretary Harry Roque, I know that under COVAX guidelines it should go to A1 to A3 but I think many in the private sector also want AstraZeneca...Just swap to prevent wastage.)</p><p>The Philippines aims to inoculate 50 to 70 million of its population by end of year to achieve herd immunity, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez earlier said.</p><p>As of Monday, the country has administered 3,001,875 COVID-19 jabs since it began its inoculation program in March, Galvez added.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/18/21/ph-eyes-500000-daily-covid-19-vaccination-to-achieve-herd-immunity">PH eyes 500,000 daily COVID-19 vaccination to achieve herd immunity</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/19/21/5-years-to-herd-immunity-expert-backs-brandless-vaccinations-ncr-plus-prioritization">5 years to herd immunity? 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<p>A public health expert on Wednesday proposed that government allocate Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines to high school students and Sinovac jabs to essential workers.</p>

A public health expert on Wednesday proposed that government allocate Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines to high school students and Sinovac jabs to essential workers.