MANILA, Philippines — Only nine percent of individuals who got their first dose of the anti-COVID vaccine, or around 113,000 people, have deferred to get their second shot, the Department of Health (DOH) said Thursday.
The DOH made this clarification after Dr. John Wong, an epidemiologist and member of the IATF’s sub-technical working group on data analytics, earlier said in a town hall forum that half of those who have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine may be missing out on their second shot.
In making this estimate, Wong cited the number of people who showed up to get their second shot from Sinovac and Gamaleya Research Institute.
Health Undersecretary Maria …
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