DoH to intensify seniors' Covid-19 vaccination

By Red Mendoza

Aug 01, 2021 12:23 am

The Department of Health (DoH) said on Saturday that it would step up the vaccination of senior citizens against Covid-19 following a World Health Organization (WHO) warning of low inoculation rate among the age group in the country.

WHO Philippine Representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe in a statement on Friday said the current rate of 25-percent full vaccination and 35-percent first-dose vaccination among the country's senior citizens is 'concerning.'

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