FDA: Younger kids may get COVID-19 shots before year-end

The Food and Drug Administration expects Pfizer to seek an emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine for this age group "very soon", said FDA chief Eric Domingo.

"They already asked for the list of requirements and they told us that they are completing the requirements. Meron lang kasi atang difference kaunti doon sa formulation ng vaccine for children, so it's like a new EUA kasi medyo may bagong innovation doon sa product," he said in a press briefing. Domingo said the FDA also hopes "to get soon" Chinese drug maker Sinovac's data on its vaccine for minors.

The Philippines in mid-October started inoculating 12- to 17-year-olds against the novel coronavirus. Adverse effects among children are "very, very low" at less than 1 percent. Most of these were mild, with allergies and hyperventilation as the most severe side effects recorded, Domingo said. Overall, the Philippines has fully vaccinated some 33.8 million people or 43.88 percent of its target population, said Palace acting spokesman Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles.

Authorities recently authorized booster doses for health workers, immunocompromised individuals, and senior citizens.

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