With Sputnik V doses not available on the CoWIN portal, India Today filed an RTI request to know what those who were inoculated with the Russian vaccine should do for their booster shot. Here's what the health ministry has now said.
(PNA file photo) MANILA - The Philippines has so far recorded a minimal percentage of Covid-19 vaccine wastage, particularly in areas devastated by typhoons, National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 chief Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said Wednesday. In a virtual media forum, Galvez said they are actually expecting at least 5 million Covid-19 vaccines will be spoiled in typhoon-hit areas. "Because of good SOPs that we have, we saw that there is a very minimal wastage during Odette and at the same time with the onslaught of Agaton. We really expect 5 million doses will be spoiled due to Typhoon Odette. But we received reports that only a few jabs were put to waste, more or less 200,000 doses only," Galvez said. Galvez, also the country's vaccine czar, said the government and the Department of Health (DOH) are still evaluating the number of vaccine doses damaged by the recent Tropical Storm Agaton. "We have not yet received reports on that but hopefully-the affected a
(File photo) MANILA - The government's plan to start providing second Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for some sectors is part of the efforts to strengthen the immune defenses of Filipinos amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Malacanang said Monday. Acting presidential spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar made this remark after the Department of Health (DOH) announced its planned rollout this week of the second Covid-19 booster shot for an initial batch of 1.8 million healthcare workers, elderly and immunocompromised patients. "The second booster dose recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and being planned for by the National Covid-19 Vaccination Operations Center is our scientific response to waning immunity," Andanar said in a press statement. He said a second Covid-19 vaccine booster should be given because it helps people maintain strong protection from severe Covid-19 and death. "Our goal is to reinforce the shield that will prote
Many people do not understand the difference between viral vector vaccines and mRNA injections, and therefore would not understand why Russian President Vladimir Putin would never risk injecting [.]
The Russian Health Ministry has registered the nasal version of its Covid-19 jab, Sputnik V, which is said to be the world’s first nasal vaccine against the virus.