Philippines Plans Jabs for Teenagers, Faster Vaccination Rate

A health worker receives a shot of Sinovac Biotech's vaccine in Quezon city, Metro Manila.

Photographer: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

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The Philippines plans to speed up Covid-19 vaccinations and start inoculating its youth later this year after signing its biggest supply deal yet with Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, the government’s vaccine czar Carlito Galvez said.