“It doesn’t give us that major indication to stop vaccinations,” said Department of Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Wednesday, April 7.
“The FDA will decide if it will recommend for us to stop temporarily or suspend temporarily or continue on with vaccinations,” said Vergeire.“If WHO would give us the official statement that we should continue on vaccinating, we will be adopting this recommendation because the WHO gets their information from the international scientific committee which are validated and has evidence,” said Vergeire.
“The WHO continues to advise countries to use AstraZeneca considering its very high potential of protecting individuals against severe disease and hospitalization,” said Dr. Soccoro Escalante, coordinator of WHO-Western Pacific Region’s Essential Medicines and Health Technologies. Meanwhile, Vergeire said that the WHO has committed to deliver the next batch of AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX facility.“It was stated in the studies – the longer the interval period between the first and the second dose for this specific vaccine, mas mataas yung nagiging efficacy. So I think this is better for us,” she said.
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