MANILA, Philippines — Government officials who jumped the line in the vaccination and received vaccine shots despite not belonging in the priority sector will still be given a second dose of the vaccine, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the second dose should be administered to them so as not to waste the first dose that was given to them.
“Let’s not call it priority pero bibigyan sila ng second dose. Hindi naman po natin pwede sayangin ang bakuna na naibigay na. Kailangan ibigay pa rin ang second dose,” she said in an online press briefing.
(Let’s not call it a priority but they will still be given the second dose. …
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