Crowds at Pfizer vaccination sites in Manila possible ‘superspreaders'

The Department of Health has reminded the public to register and get a confirmed appointment before showing up at the vaccination site, as there is a limit to the number of vaccines that can be administered in a day. - Bloomberg

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The huge crowd that turned up for shots of the US-made Pfizer vaccine in hopes of being better protected against Covid-19 could ironically become a “superspreader” event, health reform advocate Dr Tony Leachon warned on Tuesday (May 18).

Despite the experts’ and government’s constant reminder for the public to take any vaccine offered to them, the Filipinos’ preference for certain vaccine brands manifested itself in the “octopus-like” queues in sites offering Pfizer shots, and the near-empty venues where Sinovac or AstraZeneca vaccines were being rolled out.