Cancer should not stop someone from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, said Dr. Anna Lisa T. Ong-Lim.
Ong-Lim, an infectious and tropical disease expert and professor at the University of the Philippines Manila College of Medicine-Philippine General Hospital, was speaking at the May 29 online forum, “Bakuna at Breast Cancer: Everything You Need to Know,” that streamed live on the ICanServe Facebook page. ICanServe Foundation is a nonprofit that advocates for the early detection of breast cancer.
“The vaccine is very new, and I guess that gives people a little bit of hesitation—no record of safety and efficacy in there,” Ong-Lim continued.
“We need to balance waiting…
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