Protective jab: A man receiving a vaccine dose in Quezon city. The government continues to urge Filipinos to get vaccinated as Covid-19 cases keep rising in the country. — AP
HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque III says he supports providing Covid-19 booster shots for healthcare workers, but a larger percentage of the public should get vaccinated first.
“I am pushing for it. It’s just that our All Experts Group, they are all saying that we have to ensure that a bigger percentage of the population must receive the primary series of the vaccines,” Duque told ABS-CBN News Channel’s Headstart yesterday.
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