More than 5.2 million children fully vaccinated vs COVID-19 — GalvezA 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. MANILA, Philippines — Some 5.2 million children have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus since the inoculation of minors was gradually rolled out this year, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Friday. "We are happy that the children, over 8 million [of them] have been vaccinated and 5.2 million have received a second dose,” Galvez said in Filipino during a briefing aired on state media. Overall, the vaccine czar said the number of people fully vaccinated had breached the 50-million mark. Galvez said the government would likely hit the 54-million mark in the first or second week of January 2022.

Source: Philippine Star December 31, 2021 05:34 UTC