Rep. Garin appeals for booster shots for frontline healthcare workers by October

Iloilo First District Representative Janette Garin has appealed to the Department of Health to start giving booster doses to frontline healthcare workers by October.

“What we’re seeing now is the reduction of transmission expected from the vaccines is not happening…because of the possible waining immunity or vaccines escape and it’s very clear that we need a third dose,” Garin said. The DOH, for its part, said they are one with the solon’s wish to inoculate frontliners with the third dose; however, studies are still being conducted on the cost-effectiveness and safety of these boosters.

Garin, however, argued that trials on second-generation vaccines will most likely end by December 2021 or January 2022 and that they will be available in the market middle of next year.The Iloilo representative also questioned why the P45 billion allocation for booster shots in the agency’s proposed budget was put under “unprogrammed funds,” which according to Garin are not funded most of the time.

“It was reduced to 45 billion and it was included as part of the unprogrammed funds for which we do not know why,” Vergerie said. Garin also asked the DOH to prepare a list of line items or project that they can realign for the procurement of vaccines instead.

wow ha... masyado magaling toh... sa US nga wala pang booster

Ito yata yung bumili ng PPE na 3,800+ na walang pandemic.

SRA ya nila indi ka mag appeal?

And still without antibody testing.

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