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Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19, stated Thursday that the government will prioritize the use of Pfizer and Moderna brands of Covid-19 vaccines for the country’s pediatric vaccination program.

“We’ve decided that the other vaccines, such as Moderna and Pfizer, will be concentrated to the pediatric vaccination,” Galvez, who is also the vaccine czar, said on the sidelines of the government’s “Resbakuna sa Botika” program’s ceremonial rollout in Pasig City.

Galvez stated that the government anticipates a rise in vaccine demand for pediatric vaccinations because children from 5 to 11 years old would soon be vaccinated.

“We have a lot of limitations with other [brand] vaccinations because they can only be used for primary series,” Galvez explained. “We only have two vaccines for children aged 12 to 17, and only one vaccine brand for children aged 5 to 11.”

The government is also awaiting the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Covid-19 vaccine for children aged zero to four.

“As of now, nakikita namin na tataas ang requirement ng (we perceive an increasing requirement for) pediatric immunization because we’ve already started with the 5-11 and subsequently with the pagkanagkaroon na ng EUA ang 0-4, so nakikita natin malaki ang requirement natin,” Galvez added.

The government is considering purchasing more than 60 million formulated or lower-dosed Covid-19 vaccines to be given to a much younger demographic as a primary series and booster shot.

According to Galvez, the country will require 12 million pills for those aged 12 to 17, around 15.56 million for those aged 5 to 11, and 11.11 million doses for those aged 0-4 years old.

Galvez had stated that 780,000 lower-dosed Pfizer vaccines for children under the age of six will arrive by the end of January, followed by 1,632,000 doses in February.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s EUA application for children aged 3 to 17 is now being processed, he said.

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