Concepcion wants booster cards to be required upon entering NCR establishments

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion floated the possibility of requiring individuals in Metro Manila to show proof of booster vaccination upon entering business establishments.

At the virtual Kapihan sa Manila Bay on Wednesday, Concepcion said that  establishments in the US require booster cards to be shown before allowing entry to a person.

The presidential adviser said the policy should be copied in Metro Manila, where the vaccination rate is high.

“In [Metro] Manila, we should now enforce that this booster cards be shown. You have to bring your vaccination card and your booster card,” Concepcion said.

Data from the Department of Health’s COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard as of February 1, 2022 showed that a total of 21,949,181 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the National Capital Region (NCR), 9,588,197 of which are completed doses, 9,891,316 are first doses, and 2,469,668 are booster doses.

Concepcion said that showing booster cards “should be a minimum health protocol even without alert levels because it will remind us to take our vaccination on a regular basis, our booster on a regular basis…”

“…so that the immunity level in the Philippines will always be at a point that will prevent another variant from affecting us. It will protect those who get hit from hospitalization,” he said. — RSJ, GMA News