Immunization should continue amid COVID-19 pandemic – health experts

Immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases should continue since the country could not afford to have another outbreak amid the COVID-19 pandemic, health experts said. | CGonzalesINQ

“Let us all be reminded that, first, if children and other vulnerable sectors are not vaccinated, they can get sick and can die from these vaccine-preventable diseases,” Dr. Lulu Bravo, executive director of the Philippine Foundation for Vaccination, said in a statement.Dr. Wilda Silva, director of the National Immunization Program of the Department of Health, also said the government recognized immunization as a core health service that should be prioritized even during a pandemic.

“But we also accept the fact that we need to protect our health care workers and our community as well. We must strike that balance between giving that life-saving vaccine, protecting children against vaccine-preventable diseases, and protecting our health workers against COVID,” she added.

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