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Manila gets 30K Pfizer jabs for kids 5-11

Ghio Ong - The Philippine Star
February 6, 2022 | 12:00am
Manila gets 30K Pfizer jabs for kids 5-11
A teenage boy receives a BioNtech-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during the inoculation of the population aged 12 to 17 at a stadium in San Juan City, suburban Manila on November 3, 2021.
AFP / Ted Aljibe

MANILA, Philippines — The city government of Manila has received 30,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11.

The vaccines arrived at the Sta. Ana Hospital yesterday, in time for the start of Manila’s vaccination of children five to 11 years old at the renovated Manila Zoo on Monday, the city government said in an advisory.

As of Friday, 18,488 minors aged five to 11 were signed up online for vaccination.

Parents may register their children at manilacovid19vaccine.ph, the city government said.

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