MALACANANG on Tuesday clarified that the recommendation of the government's panel of vaccine experts to give medical workers booster shots against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has yet to be approved.

In a virtual press briefing, Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said that the country's Vaccine Expert Panel merely recommended the use of booster jabs for the health workers and "this is still up for review."

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