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A total of 76,837 or 0.1 percent of Covid-19 vaccinees have experienced Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI), Food and Drug Administration director general Eric Domingo said on Thursday.This number of AEFIs, Domingo said was based on the 59,316, 764 administered doses as of November 21."Only 0.005 percent [or 3,874 ]…
(PNA photo by Robert Alfiler) MANILA - The national government is eyeing the vaccination of 13.5 million children aged 5 to 11 against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the country has enough supply of Covid-19 vaccines, with about 40 million doses more expected to arrive by the end of the year. "Lahat ng ating (All of our) priority groups, the rest of the population, are already included in our estimates for the committed doses for 2021. We have enough supplies," she said. However, the vaccination of children remains uncertain...
Fewer than 0.10% out of the 59 million COVID-19 doses administered in the country so far resulted in adverse events following immunization (AEFI), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday.
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccine doses for children aged 11 and below might be available in the country by the end of the year.
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