The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) cannot inoculate booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine yet.
CHD officer-in-charge, Doctor Jeffrey Ibones, said the Department of Health has not issued any guidelines for booster shots even if they did approve booster shots for A1, or health workers, to A2, or senior citizens priority groups.
The CHD was placed on hot seat after one of the vaccination sites denied inoculation to a trader who privately procured vaccines. Even if the vaccine is privately procured, the vaccination system is still tied to the national database, of which the City Health updates with its own data gathered from the vaccination program.
Still, Ibones understands the demand for booster shots from those inoculated first as the fear that the vaccine’s effectivity may be wearing out.
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