Philippines to administer booster doses for fully vaxxed adults from Dec 3


Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, right, inoculates a woman with AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine during the first day of a nationwide three-day vaccination drive at a school in Quezon city, Philippines on Nov. 29, 2021. - AP

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): All fully vaccinated adults will be eligible to receive Covid-19 booster doses starting Friday (Dec 3), according to the Department of Health (DOH).

“All fully vaccinated adults are eligible to receive Covid-19 booster shots starting tomorrow, Dec 3. Those who have completed their primary series of Covid-19 vaccines can be inoculated with the following brands regardless of which vaccines are taken in the first two doses,” the DOH said in an advisory Thursday (Dec 2).

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