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Philippines Approves Use of Pfizer Vaccine in Children Aged 5-11

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Last Updated: December 23, 2021, 09:45 IST

The study evaluated electronic health records of 3.1 million members of Kaiser Permanente in Southern California from December 2020 to December 2021. (Reuters)

The study evaluated electronic health records of 3.1 million members of Kaiser Permanente in Southern California from December 2020 to December 2021. (Reuters)

The benefits outweighed the risks and it is already being used for children in countries like the United States and Canada.

MANILA: The Philippines’ food and drug agency has given emergency approval for the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, its chief said on Thursday.

The benefits outweighed the risks and it is already being used for children in countries like the United States and Canada, food and drug agency chief Rolando Enrique Domingo told a public briefing.

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first published:December 23, 2021, 09:45 IST
last updated:December 23, 2021, 09:45 IST