Manila Bulletin
Concepcion favors shorter waiting period for booster shots
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion is pushing for a faster rollout of COVID-19 booster shots in the Philippines due to the Omicron variant threat.
Concepcion, along with the OCTA Research Group, recommends reducing the waiting period for booster shots to four months after the last primary dose, instead of the customary six months.
Data indicate that vaccine efficacy against COVID-19 significantly decreases around five months post-vaccination, making it crucial to act before immunity wanes.
Denmark has also announced administering booster shots at a 4.5-month interval, highlighting the global concern over diminishing vaccine effectiveness.
The Philippines will have received close to 200 million vaccine doses by the end of the year, which is enough to vaccinate every eligible Filipino.
Concepcion stressed the value of cooperation among the private sector, national government, local governments, and communities to solve the problem.
He also mentioned that variants will continue to be a fact of life with COVID-19, and the country needs to always be prepared for it.
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