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Gordon calls for rapid vaccination
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Senator Richard Gordon is urging the government to expedite the vaccination process as approximately 1.5 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses are set to expire in June.
Gordon emphasized that wasting these vaccines would be a "criminal negligence" given the current scarcity of vaccine supply.
He suggested simplifying vaccination procedures to encourage more people to get inoculated.
Gordon also proposed relaxing pre-vaccination screening protocols, suggesting that post-vaccination care could be provided instead, a system he noted has been successfully implemented in the United States to speed up their vaccination drive.
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