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Some 780,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, which will be used in the nation’s pediatric vaccination, arrived on Friday night, Feb. 4.

National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) Medical Assistant Dr. Kezia Lorraine Rosario on Saturday (Feb. 5) said the nationwide rollout for the pediatric vaccination of children aged five to 11 years old will begin on Feb. 14.

MANILA – Government officials on Friday (Feb. 4) laid out new plans for the country’s transition to a “new normal” and the possible shift from a pandemic to endemic approach to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

DUMAGUETE CITY – About 90% of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths in Negros Oriental were unvaccinated individuals, a health official said.

MANILA – National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., assured that the reformulated vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 is safe for children, saying the rollout of the vaccination program for five- to 11-year-olds would push through on Feb. 7.

NEW YORK - The United States reached the grim milestone of 900,000 coronavirus deaths on Friday (Feb. 4), according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.