The National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) on Saturday said it is expecting that around 7,000 to 13,000 immunocompromised individuals will take their second COVID-19 booster doses during the first day of its rollout.
The National Vaccination Operations Center on Saturday said it is expecting that around 7,000 to 13,000 immunocompromised individuals will take their second COVID-19 booster doses during the first day of its rollout.
The NVOC chairperson said earlier in the day on Dobol B TV that the country's supply of COVID-19 vaccinesMeanwhile, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Saturday said the government is assuring that the vaccines to be used for the second booster doses are safe. Cabotaje said the Department of Health estimated that around 690,000 immunocompromised individuals have already received their third COVID-19 doses."If we maintain about 250,000 a day until the end of April, we will look at about 1.5 to 2-M [individuals]. Our current 67.4 million fully vaccinated individuals will reach around 69 million," Cabotaje said.
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