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Vaccination best defense against emerging variants: Go
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go urged eligible Filipinos to get vaccinated and receive booster shots to enhance protection against COVID-19 and its variants amidst a surge in daily infections.
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 37,154 new COVID-19 infections on January 16, a record high at the time, with a 47.3 percent positivity rate.
Go encouraged unvaccinated but eligible individuals to get inoculated at the nearest vaccination centers.
He also advised vaccinated individuals who are qualified for boosters to get them, citing expert studies that boosters offer increased protection against the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
Despite the sharp spike in infections, the country's hospitalization rate is currently lower compared to previous surges.
Recent studies by the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University revealed that an additional dose of an mRNA-based vaccine can provide immunity against the Omicron variant.
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