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Kids ages 12-17 can get booster 'in coming days': DOH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 29 02:03 PM

The DOH has issued guidelines for adolescents to receive COVID-19 booster shots from 'tomorrow or in the coming days.' Read more »

Govt releases guidelines on COVID booster shots for kids

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 21 06:00 PM

Government on Tuesday released guidelines on the administration of COVID-19 booster shots for immunocompromised children ages 12 to 17. Read more »

US panel weighs authorizing COVID vaccines for youngest children

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 15 03:11 PM

After months of anxious wait, a panel of experts convened by the US FDA will meet to weigh recommending COVID vaccines for the nation's youngest children. Read more »

Pfizer COVID jab for under-fives effective with 3 doses

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 24 10:45 AM

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine is safe and effective when given as 3 doses to children under 5 years, the companies said. Read more »

Kids' COVID-19 vaccination reduces risk of myocarditis, MIS-C: doctors

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 03:45 PM

The vaccination of children against COVID-19 reduces risk of getting myocarditis and multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), doctors said Wednesday. Read more »

PH begins nationwide COVID-19 vaccination of kids age 5 to 11

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 03:40 PM

The Philippines on Monday expanded the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 to 11 nationwide. Read more »

'1 of nearly 10,000 kids aged 5-11 experienced adverse reaction to COVID jab'

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 02:02 PM

Only one out of nearly 10,000 children aged 5 to 11 experienced an adverse reaction following COVID-19 vaccination on Monday, the Department of Health said. Read more »

Almost 10,000 kids ages 5-11 jabbed against COVID: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 08 12:28 PM

Almost 10,000 children aged 5-11 were vaccinated against COVID-19 on the first day of the jabbing program for the said age group, the Department of Health said Tuesday. Read more »

'Kids experience minor injection site pain after COVID jab'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 08 10:00 AM

Majority of children experienced minor injection site pain after being vaccinated against COVID-19 during the first day of its rollout at the National Children's Hospital in Quezon City, its chief said Tuesday. Read more »

Nationwide COVID vaccination of younger kids set Feb 14

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 03:10 PM

Government will roll out COVID-19 vaccines for children age 5 to 11 nationwide on Feb. 14, an official said Friday. Read more »

Marikina aims to vaccinate 60,000 kids aged 5 to 11

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 10:19 AM

Marikina City is targeting to inoculate more than 60,000 children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19, its mayor said as the rollout was moved next week. Read more »

Doctor stresses safety of COVID-19 jab for kids

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 09:23 AM

Adverse effects of the COVID-19 vaccine are rare, a doctor noted, after two parents on Thursday asked a Quezon City court to stop the inoculation of children aged 5 to 11. Read more »

Mga bata sa QC, babakunahan malapit sa playground

Nico Bagsic, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 02:58 PM

Kung ang Manila Zoo ang isa sa mga COVID-19 vaccination sites para sa mga bata sa Maynila, ang sa Quezon City naman ay ang Circle of Joy Park sa Quezon Memorial Circle. Read more »

COVID-19 cases rise among kids below 5: DOH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 03:57 PM

COVID-19 cases among children below 5 years old increased last month versus the wave of delta infections last year, DOH said ahead of the expansion of pediatric vaccination. Read more »

PH eyes COVID vaccination of 15M kids ages 5 to 11

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 01 05:27 PM

Government aims to vaccinate against COVID-19 some 15 million Filipino children aged 5 to 11, an adviser to the government pandemic task force said. Read more »

National Vaccination Day sought for kids age 5 to 11

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 31 09:54 AM

The Philippine Medical Association has proposed to conduct a national vaccination day for the inoculation of children aged 5 to 11 years old against COVID-19, its president said Monday. Read more »

58pct of kids aged 12 to 17 vaccinated vs COVID-19: DOH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 01:33 PM

Majority or 58 percent of minors aged 12 to 17 have been fully vaccinated against COVID ahead of the jab rollout for those aged 5 to 11, the DOH said. Read more »

WHO says no evidence healthy kids, teens need COVID boosters

Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 12:08 PM

There is no evidence at present that healthy children and adolescents need booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine, the World Health Organization's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Tuesday. Read more »

CDC advisory panel in favor of Pfizer vaccine booster for ages 12 to 15

Michael Erman, Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 08:57 AM

A panel of outside experts advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday voted to recommend booster shots of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine be made available to 12- to 15-year-olds. Read more »

In US, pediatric hospitalizations up under omicron, but it's not more severe

Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 31 12:23 PM

New pediatric COVID hospitalizations have hit a record-high in the United States, as children are increasingly swept up in omicron's lightning spread. Read more »