MANILA, Philippines — The health and science departments are planning to study the use of booster shots, which may offer enduring protection against the novel coronavirus and its variants. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. earlier said the country was planning to procure booster shots from American pharmaceutical firm Moderna on top of the 20 million jabs purchased by the government and private sector. Scientists currently do not know how long vaccines provide protection against the disease. Mix-and-match of vaccine brandsLocal experts are also looking at studying the possibility of pairing doses from two different COVID-19 jabs, Vergeire said. Since the Philippine launched its vaccination campaign on March 1, only 714,432 have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Source: Philippine Star May 17, 2021 09:11 UTC