MANILA, Philippines — The brand of COVID-19 vaccines available in an inoculation site should no longer be announced to prevent incidents of people swarming facilities, the Department of Health recommended Wednesday. “Everybody wanted to queue where Pfizer is being rolled out,” Cabotaje said in Filipino during a briefing. “Our general principle is that people should take that vaccine that is available,” Cabotaje said, who also reminded people to show up in vaccination sites once they are scheduled to get inoculated. In a speech aired Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte said Filipinos cannot be picky with the brand of COVID-19 vaccine they will receive. Since the Philippine launched its vaccination campaign on March 1, only over 786,000 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Source: Philippine Star May 19, 2021 06:56 UTC