MANILA, Philippines — The “maximum protection” against COVID-19 only sets in two weeks after receiving the second dose of vaccine, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director-General Eric Domingo reminded the public early Wednesday during the taped weekly Palace briefing on the COVID-19 situation in the country.
According to Domingo, those who are fully vaccinated will only get mild symptoms and will need no hospitalization if they should still contract the disease.
“The maximum protection really sets in two weeks after the second dose. That’s where we see that the number of cases drastically goes down and that nobody dies from COVID,” Domingo said, speaking partly in Filipin…
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