MANILA, Philippines — The government would start next week the rollout of the second COVID-19 booster shot for the immunocompromised, or people with comorbidities.“We are going to start it on
Dr. Glenn Mathew Baggao, chief of the Cagayan Valley Medical Center , gets his booster shot of Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 on Wednesday, Nov. 17.
“No more NCR Phase 1. We would like to roll it out nationwide, immediately on Monday, after we have discussed the guidelines with our implementers,” she added.The Food and Drug Administration had approved earlier this month the second booster dose for health workers, the elderly and the immunocompromised—the top three priority groups in the government’s vaccination program to stop the further spread of the coronavirus.
According to a Feb. 27 memorandum by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, it is the DOH that now determines the alert level in any given area, with level 4 imposing the strictest curbs on public mobility. “Now, if the question is, is it possible to have a postponement [of the elections]? Yes, of course. It is possible if the number of cases is really too high in select areas,” he said.
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