A QUEZON City court on Wednesday ordered Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd and Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire to submit their counter argument in three days on the petition seeking to stop the vaccination of children ages 5 to 11 against Covid-19.

Public Attorney's Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta told The Manila Times that Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 96 Judge Primo Sio was due to submit for resolution the temporary restraining order (TRO) and writ of preliminary injunction being sought by petitioners Dominic Almelor of Quezon City and Girlie Samonte of Tondo, Manila against the DoH's pediatric jab program.