Recovered Covid patients may get vaccine – DoH

The Department of Health (DoH) on Friday said patients who recently recovered from the coronavirus disease and those taking prescription medicines, such as the anti- parasitic drug ivermectin, can now be vaccinated against the virus.

STRONG ARM San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, a recovered Covid-19 patient, is given his first dose of the Sinovac vaccine by Dr. Maria Corrales, assistant regional director of the Department of Health-National Capital Region, at the FilOilArena on April 16, 2021. A new vaccine protocol now allows recovered Covid patients to be inoculated. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE