The Department of Health (DOH) encouraged health workers to receive their second Covid-19 booster shot.
The Department of Health encouraged health workers to receive their second Covid-19 booster shot.
“We cannot mandate for them to have the second booster and tell them you cannot work. We cannot do that as a precondition,” she added.the DOH said that 592,202 health workers in the country have yet to receive their second booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. “As I’ve said the evidence really points that kapag naka first booster shot ka, it gives you more protection,” she said.
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