
Have you got your booster already?
In Monday's Laging Handa briefing, Interior Undersecretary for Operations Epimaco Densing III said that the government will be considering giving a new meaning to “full vaccination.” It will now include the administration of a third dose or booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Today, when we say fully vaccinated, it means you have been inoculated with the primary doses. We are looking into the possibility of redefining it so that when we say fully vaccinated, it should include the booster shot, or you should have been inoculated thrice,” Densing III said.
He added that for this new policy to take place, an expiration date on vaccination cards must be done. If a person hasn't got their booster shot after six months from their last initial shot of the vaccine, it will automatically expire.
Despite the ongoing election campaign, vaccination facilities will stay available to accept people who have not yet received their primary or booster doses. According to him, the Department of the Interior and Local Government is now working with local health authorities to carry out mass vaccination.
With only about 12 million Filipinos who have booster shots, the majority of whom are from Metro Manila. And the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao having the lowest vaccination coverage in the country, Densing III expressed that the government will launch a campaign to encourage more Filipinos to get their vaccine shots.
Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1578310/govt-eyes-new-definition-of-full-vaccination#ixzz7PXkXhfIr