MANILA, Philippines — The Vaccine Expert Panel has already forwarded to the Department of Health (DOH) its recommendation on the use of CoronaVac, the COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinovac BioTech, for those who are 60 years old and above as doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine have run out.
This was announced at an online media forum on Tuesday by Dr. Rontgene Solante, a panel member who is also the chief of the Adult Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine unit of San Lazaro Hospital.
“We in the Vaccine Expert Panel already made our recommendation. We just finished the recommendation the other day,” Solante said.
He did not disclose, however, details of the recommendation, saying it …
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