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FOR KIDS ONLY. Children with comorbidities aged 12 to 17 receive their coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine shots at Las Pinas General Hospital on Friday (Oct. 22, 2021). Only Moderna and Pfizer jabs are being administered for now to the minors. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - Local government units (LGUs) nationwide will roll out pediatric vaccination beginning October 29, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19, said on Friday. Following the pilot in the National Capital Region (NCR) on October 15 and 22 for the 12-17 age group with comorbidities, Galvez said provinces will also be included next week. "In the next few days, we are expecting to have an increase in our vaccination considering that we will be having a rollout of the children's vaccination in all LGUs," Galvez said in an interview during the arrival of more than one million Pfizer doses at the Ninoy Aquino International Airpo. LGU vaccination sit