Duque: Gov’t eyes giving booster shots 3 months after 2nd dose

The Philippines is looking into lowering to three months the interval period before a fully-vaccinated individual can receive his booster shot against COVID-19, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Friday.

Currently, fully-vaccinated individuals may get their booster shots after six months for several vaccine brands and three months for the Janssen vaccine.

“Yeah, they are looking into it. So we will submit into the vaccine expert panel what would be the totality advantage of giving earlier booster shots,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a CNN Philippines interview.

“Saying instead of 6 months from the second dose of primary series what if we did it 3 months after the second dose? Would that confer much better, much higher protection,” he added.

The Philippines began the inoculation of healthcare workers with booster shots on November 17 while seniors and immunocompromised individuals started receiving boosters shots on November 22.

Starting December 3, the government started administering booster shots to all fully vaccinated adults.—AOL, GMA News