By Prince Golez
The Interim National Immunization Technical Advisory Group for Covid-19 vaccines (iNITAG) will decide if senior citizens may receive Covid-19 vaccination, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said.
The Philippine Food and Drug Administration previously advised against using China’s Sinovac vaccines on health workers and senior citizens due to its lower efficacy rate.
“Ang proseso kasi natin sa (Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases) at sa pamahalaan ay we will leave it to iNITAG to give us their recommendations in terms of anong brand ng vaccine ang puwedeng gamitin sa anong sektor ng population maging yung sa prioritization ng sectors ng population,” Nograles said during a virtual presser Thursday.
On the possibility of other Cabinet members to get inoculated, the secretary said they will ask iNITAG to also give them the vaccine.
“To the President’s mind and concern, I believe, he considers us in the Cabinet as also frontline workers and very much exposed also. Kita niyo naman lahat kami umiikot sa mga hospital doing the simultaneous ceremonial inoculations… kaya nag-aalala lang si Pangulo,” he added.
So far, only four ranking government officials took the first vaccine shots. They were vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., testing czar Vince Dizon, and Food and Drug Administration Director General Eric Domingo, and MMDA Chief Benhur Abalos.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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