2.7 million children aged 12-17 fully vaccinated vs COVID-19

PEDIATRIC VACCINATION / NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Children with ages ranging from 12 to 17 years old from the city of San Juan get their first dose of Pfizer vaccines at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City on November 3, 2021. INQUIRER PHOTO / NINO JESUS ORBETA

MANILA, Philippines — Some 2.7 million children aged 12 to 17 are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said on Thursday.

To date, only Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are given the go-signal to be administered to the pediatric population.

“‘Yung ating rest of the pediatric population, may mga 62 percent na tayong nabakunahan ng kanilang first dose tapos mga 24 percent ang may fully vaccinated,” Cabotaje said during the Laging Handa briefing.

(For the rest of the pediatric population, we have 62 percent vaccinated with their first dose and around 24 percent are fully vaccinated.)

“So, mga 2.7 million na ‘yung mga kabataan na nagkaroon ng dalawang doses ng Pfizer or Moderna para sa ating mga kabataan,” she added.

(There are already 2.7 million minors who have received two doses of Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccine.)

Earlier, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 estimated that there were around 12.7 million children in the said age group.

Based on the Department of Health’s data on December 15, some 42.5 million individuals in the country are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

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