Gov't eyes giving booster shots to 9M elderly with comorbidities

The government is eyeing to vaccinate around nine million senior citizens with immunocompromised conditions, an official of the National Task Force Against (COVID-19) said Wednesday.

At the Laging Handa briefing, NTF medical adviser Dr. Ted Herbosa said these are senior citizens with HIV, cancer, and those that underwent transplant operations.

“Ang estimate na nakita ko ay about nine million yun mga taong senior citizen above 60 that needs booster at yung may immunocompromised conditions. So hinahabol natin ‘yan,” Herbosa said at the Laging Handa briefing.

(I estimated about nine million senior citizens with immunocompromised conditions. So we’re trying to reach that target.)

The Philippines on Monday began inoculating senior citizens with booster doses

Herbosa said the vaccination of individuals with comorbidities will follow.

“‘Yung may comorbidities sa susunod pa lang" (those with comorbidities will follow), he said.

The Philippines has logged a total of 2,827,820 of confirmed cases, of which 18,721 are active and 47,482 have succumbed to the illness. —LBG, GMA News