PROTECTED. Eduardo Peña, 73, receives his first booster shot in Barangay Salitran 3, Dasmariñas City, Cavite on Tuesday (May 17, 2022). The national government has also rolled out the second booster shot for immunocompromised adults and will soon include health care workers and senior citizens. (PNA photo by Gil Calinga)
MANILA – The Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC) has already recommended a second booster shot for health care workers (A1) and senior citizens (A2), according to the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) on Tuesday.
The HTAC is just waiting for one more requirement from the World Health Organization (WHO), according to NVOC chief and Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje during the “Laging Handa” public briefing.
"The guidelines for the second booster for A1 and A2 should be out by now but the WHO has another requirement,” she said.
Health authorities will immediately issue the guidelines on the administration of second booster shots for A1 and A2 once the WHO gives its go signal.
The government has rolled out the second booster shot to immunocompromised adults, administering a total of 30,912 doses to date.
Among those initially covered are adults with human immunodeficiency virus, suffering from active or malignant cancer, organ transplant recipients, and bedridden patients. (PNA)
