Nat'l vaccine center crafting guidelines for 2nd booster shot: DOH

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="People receive their COVID-19 jabs during the National Vaccination Days part 4, at the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) headquarters in Quezon City on March 10, 2022. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/03/14/20220310-covid19-vaccination-days-jc-023642910.jpg"/><figcaption>People receive their COVID-19 jabs during the National Vaccination Days part 4, at the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) headquarters in Quezon City on March 10, 2022. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – The National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) is working with its regional counterparts to craft guidelines for the rollout of a second booster shot for priority sectors, the Department of Health (DOH) said Thursday.</p><p>The health department made the statement after the Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) of COVID-19 vaccines to include a second booster shot for the elderly, immunocompromised, and health workers.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/13/22/fda-oks-2nd-covid-booster-for-elderly-immunocompromised">FDA approves second COVID booster for elderly, immunocompromised</a></li></ul><p>&quot;These guidelines will take into consideration learning experiences to date,&quot; the DOH said in a statement.</p><p>&quot;The choice of vaccine brands will be made based on the additional EUA and in careful consideration of operational realities such as cold chain logistics,&quot; it added.</p><p>Health experts have agreed that the vulnerable population needs a second booster dose due to evidence of waning immunity.</p><p>As of April 11, more than 66.6 million people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while 12.4 million have received booster doses.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/multimedia/infographic/03/23/21/philippines-covid-19-vaccine-tracker">Philippines: COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1999417" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The National Vaccination Operations Center is crafting guidelines for the rollout of a second booster shot for priority sectors, the Department of Health said Thursday.

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Nat'l vaccine center crafting guidelines for 2nd booster shot: DOH

Nat'l vaccine center crafting guidelines for 2nd booster shot: DOH

Raphael Bosano,

ABS-CBN News

Published Apr 14, 2022 04:46 PM PHT

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