MANILA, Philippines — Party-list group Bayan Muna has urged the government to accelerate the distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines to achieve herd immunity quickly and avoid the possibility of lost vials due to degradation.
Rep. Carlos Zarate said on Wednesday that the national government should assign more medical personnel to administer vaccines, especially since some experts had voiced their worry that the vaccines would go bad by June.
“The current pace of about 62,654 daily vaccination will certainly not make the Philippines attain the desired herd immunity at the end of the year; at this rate, it may be attained probably after six years or in May 2027,” Z…
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