About 7,000 to 10,000 immunocompromised adults are expected to be vaccinated by the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday’s first day of injecting the second booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.
According to DOH Undersecretary and National Vaccination Operations Center chair Myrna Cabotaje, an estimated 690,000 immunocompromised have already received the first booster.
“Ang nabakunahan natin ng third shot na A3 ay 2.3 million. Mga 30 percent ang ine-estimate nating mga immunocompromised. So, 30 percent of 2.3 million is about 690,000. Tapos 1 percent of that, mga 7 [thousand] to 10,000,” Cabotaje said in an interview with ABS-CBN News this Sunday.
Only those aged 18 and over who are in an immunodeficiency state, with HIV, active cancer or malignancy, transplant recipients, undergoing steroid treatment, patients with poor prognosis or bed-ridden, and other conditions will be vaccinated initially phase of the rollout of the second booster shot.
It must have been three months since they were last vaccinated.
They can contact the local government or the community health facility for an appointment.
Over 10K to get second COVID booster shots on Monday
Healthcare workers and senior citizens are not yet included in the second booster vaccination, but they can receive an additional dose if they are also immunocompromised.
“Hindi pa binibigyan ng go signal ng ating Health Technology Assessment Council [ang second booster sa A1 at A2]. ‘Yung EUA natin ng FDA ay puwede na sa A1, A2, and A3. Pero ‘yung HTAC recommendation ay immunocompromised. Mayroon namang mga immunocompromised sa A1 at saka sa A2, ‘yan puwede nang bigyan pero hindi po lahat ng A1 at A2,” said Cabotaje.
Meanwhile, DOH admitted that the house-to-house vaccination against COVID-19 was unsuccessful because few people were still vaccinated.
“Sa mga high-yield areas, maganda iyong house-to-house pero doon sa mga ibang areas, medyo napatid at na-frustrate iyong ating mga health care workers kasi kahit nag-house-to-house, marami pa rin ang ayaw magpabakuna,” said Cabotaje.
She said all areas across the country had house-to-house vaccinations, and there were special vaccination days in Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and the entire Region XII.
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