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Davao Region to start vaccination of 5-11 year old on Feb 14

DAVAO CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA) – The Davao Region will start the COVID19 vaccination for the 5 to 11 year old age group on February 14. In a regional advisory of the Davao Center for Health Development, it has informed that Davao Region is included in the Phase 3 implementation of the vaccination for the said priority group. This after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued last December 22, 2021 an Emergency Use Authorization for Pfizer to be used for the 5-11 year old age group. The region targets to inoculate 790, 286 children under this age group. Davao City targets to vaccinate 269,121; Davao de Oro has a 115,370 target; Davao del Norte has 152, 521 target; Davao del Sur with 104,253; Davao Occidental with 53,469 target; and Davao Oriental with with 95,552 target. The Department of Health (DOH) designed the vaccination rollout to be conducted within three months of the campaign. The Intensive Phase set to run within one month will cover the vaccination of at least 60 percent of t