THE DEPARTMENT of Health (DOH) said all Covid-19 vaccines issued with Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is safe and effective and urged the public to get inoculated and prevent the further spread of the deadly respiratory disease.
Before a vaccine can be issued with an EUA, it has to undergo rigorous evaluation processes involving the Department of Science and Technology, FDA, and various vaccine expert groups.
The safety
and efficacy of the vaccines are scrutinized based on latest available data and
scientific evidence from global clinical trials. All vaccines available now in
the country are safe, effective, and have been found to reduce risk of severe
illness and prevent death after completing the required doses.
“As more
vaccine supplies become readily available, I encourage everyone to take the
earliest opportunity to get vaccinated. Covid-19 vaccines give additional
protection against the virus to prevent hospitalization and death. We, at DOH,
call on the public to choose to be vaccinated to protect yourselves and your
loved ones, the soonest possible time,” DOH Secretary Francisco Duque said.
“We have to
be reminded that vaccine confidence should be built in the stringent processes
that lead to the vaccine development, local authorization, and recommended use
of these vaccines, and definitely not by the brand,” he added.
The DOH said
it has inoculated more than 2 million medical frontliners, senior citizens and
people with comorbidity.
According to Covid-19 vaccine data, some 2.92 million of doses
had been given out in the Philippines with 676,000 people fully vaccinated
which is just 0.6 percent of the total populations in the country. (Malou
Cablinda contributed to this report.)
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