(File photo) MANILA - Placing an expiration date on vaccination cards would be a "good strategy" to encourage the fully vaccinated to receive their booster shots, a health official said Thursday. National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) chief Myrna Cabotaje said the action would require "stricter checking" of the vaccination cards, which contain details about the shot received and the dates these were administered. "Yung ating mga nagche-check, kasi basta pinakita mo 'yung vaccine card, hindi naman tinitignan kung sa iyo, hindi naman tinitignan kung (The checkers do not inspect if the vaccine card is yours or) how late your vaccination was, so we might go into more detailed enforcement," she said in a radio interview. To ramp up the administration of booster shots, Cabotaje said the Department of Health is also looking into the possibility of including booster dose as a requirement for a person to be considered "fully vaccinated" against
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After falling short of its target to inoculate 1.8 million individuals in the last National Vaccination Days, the government is unlikely to mount another round of Bayanihan Bakunahan.