Covid-19 vax for kids aged 5 to 11 under assessment: NTF radyonatin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from radyonatin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
MORE JABS. National Task Force against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito G. Galvez Jr. (right) and US Embassy Manila Charge d' Affaires Heather Variava (left) place a Resbakuna sticker on the box containing a portion of a total of 2,098,980 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 on Sunday evening (Oct. 31, 2021). The latest shipment of the American-made jabs is expected to beef up the country's vaccination efforts. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 chief implementer, said vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 will start once local authorities have completed the necessary assessments and safety protocols on the measure. "(The) 5 to 11 age bracket, most likely, it takes time for the assessment and also we will also look at the experience in the United States. Once Pfizer submits the dossier for its approval here, I believ
States work to fill in the blanks of the federal Covid booster program politico.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from politico.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Now, of course, it s up to the states to get the coronavirus vaccine at the places they think need it most. We re going to talk with some top health reporters at NPR member stations, WBUR s Martha Bebinger in Boston, Blake Farmer at WPLN in Nashville, KPCC s Jackie Fortier in Los Angeles. Thank you all for being with us. Martha, let s begin with you, if we may, please. How s Phase 1 supposed to work in Massachusetts?
MARTHA BEBINGER, BYLINE: Scott, Massachusetts expects to vaccinate about 60,000 hospital workers starting just in the next day or two. Some hospitals will begin with all of the staff in their ICUs, while other hospitals will start with nurses, medical assistance and other employees in outpatient clinics because they see patients in the early, most infectious days of COVID. Many frontline health care workers are anxious to get vaccinated. But there will only be enough for about a third of health care workers next week. So Doctor Paul Biddinger, who ch