More than 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccines acquired by the private sector are due to expire by the end of the month, a former presidential adviser warned on Tuesday. | kdevillaINQ /PDI
The agency also clarified that the jabs identified as “wastage” were not just those that had expired but also included doses found containing other particles or whose vials were broken.Since last month, Concepcion has been calling on the government to expand eligibility for second boosters to include economic front-liners 50 years old and above.
“Government is trying to do its best, but there is this body that is moving quite slow,” Concepcion said. He urged the National Vaccination Operations Center to take over HTAC’s role in reviewing vaccine eligibility in the country. A fellow of pandemic monitor OCTA Research said on Tuesday that the impact of the current “mini-surge” in COVID-19 cases has been mitigated by increased vaccination among the public.
“If you got infected with Omicron in January, you are still at risk of being reinfected by BA.5,” he said, even as he noted that the infection will still be “relatively mild if you are vaccinated and boosted.”
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