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DOH investigating reports of COVID-19 booster recipients

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/07/14/20210623-covid-vaccine-moa-giga-vaccination-site-gc-1500.jpg"/><figcaption>A man with a tattoo of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, gets his first dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at the SM Mall of Asia Giga Vaccination Center in Pasay City on June 23, 2021.<em> George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA—The Department of Health is looking into reports that some people have received COVID-19 booster shots in the country, even though it has not recommended those.</p><p>&quot;Gusto natin malaman saan ba galing ang mga bakunang ito. Gusto natin rin po malaman kung ano po &#x27;yung naging proseso kung bakit tayo nagkaroon nitong booster,&quot; Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told Teleradyo.</p><p>(We want to find out where the vaccines came from. We also want to find out the process on why they received booster.)</p><p>Vergeire warned that medical workers would face sanctions if the anti-virus jabs came from the government vaccination sites.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/12/21/ronaldo-zamora-vaccinated-4-times-booster-shot-covid19">Philippine lawmaker says he received 4 shots of COVID-19 vaccine</a></li></ul><p>On Monday, San Juan City Rep. Ronaldo Zamora acknowledged he was vaccinated against COVID-19 4 times, of which the 2 doses he said were &quot;bootleg&quot;.</p><p>Zamora said he received 2 vaccine doses developed by Chinese state firm Sinopharm in December last year. The Philippines only started its vaccination program in March.</p><p>Because he was &quot;immunodeficient,&quot; the doctors told him he should get 2 booster shots from Pfizer-BioNTech, he said.</p><p>Vergeire reminded the public that the DOH was not recommending yet the use of booster shots.</p><p>&quot;Wala pa tayong sapat na ebidensiya para makapagbigay ng appropriate recommendation for booster shots, dahil hindi pa kompleto ang mga pinag-aaralan internationally and even here locally,&quot; she said.</p><p>(We don&#x27;t have sufficient evidence to give an appropriate recommendation for booster shots, because studies conducted internationally and here locally are not yet complete.)</p><p>As of July 11, the Philippines has administered more than 13 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, of which more than 9.6 million were given as first dose. </p><p>Government aims to inoculate 58 million Filipinos by year-end to reach herd immunity but only 3.5 million people were fully vaccinated or 6.08 percent of the government&#x27;s target.</p><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=1726662" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>On Monday, San Juan City Rep. Ronaldo Zamora acknowledged he was vaccinated against COVID-19 4 times, of which the 2 doses he said were "bootleg". </p>

On Monday, San Juan City Rep. Ronaldo Zamora acknowledged he was vaccinated against COVID-19 4 times, of which the 2 doses he said were "bootleg".