Philippines approves emergency use of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for children
STORY: Philippines approves emergency use of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for children
DATELINE: March 14, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:14
LOCATION: Manila
CATEGORY: HEALTH
SHOTLIST:
1. various of street views in Manila
2. footage of Chinese vaccine arriving at Philippine airport
3. various of Filipinos receiving COVID-19 jabs
STORYLINE:
The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the emergency use authorization for China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for children, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said on Monday.
Duque said the government would soon administer the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, or the inactivated CoronaVac vaccine, to children aged six and above. "We are just looking at the operational details to implement this. But it will not take long," Duque added.
CoronaVac is the second COVID-19 vaccine allowed to be administered to children in the Philippines. The FDA earlier granted emergency use of Pfizer vaccine for children.
The Sinovac vaccine is also the first vaccine delivered in Manila as C
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