MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III recommended on Monday that all 525,600 AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots from the World Health Organization-led COVAX facility be given as first doses to protect more health workers.
In a pre-recorded meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte, Duque explained that the time interval for administering the two doses of AstraZeneca vaccines is 12 weeks or three months.
Within this time period, Duque said the Philippines can already expect a new shipment of doses still from the COVAX facility.
“According to the WHO country representative, he will write a letter to reassure us that the next batch will really come. And from there, we w…
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