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Health experts call for more vaccine options on pediatric COVID vaccination

  One thing that COVID-19 pandemic has thought us is that no matter your age group, you are not safe from the virus. The availability of the vaccines has given us a ray of hope in surpassing this pandemic together with our loved ones. With the government expanding the vaccination program to younger ages, this only proves the efficiency of the vaccines and how it helped in developing immunity for more vaccinated individuals. That is why health experts call for more vaccine options on pediatric COVID vaccination. Health experts called for more options on pediatric COVID vaccination to meet the goal of 39 million COVID-vaccinated kids and achieve herd immunity. In today's Kapihan ng Samahang Plaridel with the theme: “Kids Kontra COVID: Urgent Need for Safe Options in Children's Vaccination", Vaccine Solidarity Movement (VSM) founders Dr. Lulu Bravo, Executive Director of the Philippine Foundation for Vaccination (PFV) and Dr. Benny Atienza, president of the Philippine Med