The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday (April 2) assured the public that expired coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines would be properly disposed of and incinerated to ensure that no unscrupulous individual would sell them to the public.
The Department of Health (DOH) is preparing to utilize “social mobilizers” to reach areas with low coverage of COVID-19 vaccination to explain the side effects and the advantages of the COVID-19 vaccine.
An infectious diseases expert said there is a possibility for the country to experience a resurgence of COVID-19 infections after the May 2022 elections, similar to the surge happening now abroad.
The country’s total vaccine supply rose to 245 million doses following the arrival of another shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Friday (April 1) night.
The new vaccine batch arrived at the...