MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) is not in favor of allocating 90 percent of the country’s COVID-19 vaccine supply to the NCR Plus bubble, saying this suggestion is not feasible and “not appropriate.”
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said there are other regions in the country that would also need more allocation for vaccines amid the high number of COVID-19 cases in their localities.
Vergeire was reacting to the recommendation of the OCTA Research, an interdisciplinary research group, on the allocation of vaccine doses to achieve herd immunity faster. However, the recommendation of the group was to allocate 90 percent of the vaccinesupply to M…
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