May 10, 2021
The Department of Health (DOH) studies the possible side effects of different vaccines given in the first and second doses.
Health undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said they have already contacted the Department of Science and Technology and the Vaccine Expert Panel to conduct a study on this.
“Nakakita sila ng isang bansa na nag-aaral na nitong mixing and matching of vaccines and that would be in UK,” said Vergeire.
He said the DOH is ready to wait for the results of any study on the combination of vaccines until there is evidence that it is safe.
The VEP has an initial study that finds a ‘theoretical basis.’ But because this is just a theory, more information and evidence are still needed.
Government Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Sunday called on the board of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) to approve the construction of the planned mega vaccination site, which the foundation has been apprehensive about. According to Galvez, the NPF Board of Trustees (NPFBT) has yet to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 for the construction of the mega vaccination site at the Nayong.
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Last Wednesday’s broadsheets quoted Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. warning the Filipino public “to brace for another surge in COVID-19 infections by June or July.” This sounds good, but it could also be bad.
How Secretary Galvez came to this conclusion escapes us. However, this is a good indication that a sense of anticipation has finally dawned among our health authorities. All we need to see is decisive action to be fully convinced. He could not have said it better: “We have to expect the worst when we are planning something and we are now preparing for it. Until such time that there is a definite cure for COVID, that is the time that we will see what we call economic recovery.”