ZAMBOANGA CITY – A local man was inoculated against the deadly Covid-19 disease twice with different brands during a vaccination program in a remote village here, radio reports said on Wednesday.
Reports said the man, who was only identified as Boy, told radio station RMN that he was given two shots of AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines on Tuesday in the village of La Paz where the City Health Office put up a vaccination site where residents can just go and register and get inoculated.
The man’s family was worried that the two jabs may pose a serious risk to his health, but so far nothing has happened. The man was first injected with AstraZeneca and was told to rest for a while, but another vaccinator approached him and inoculated him again with Sinovac on the other arm. It was unclear whether the man told the vaccinator that he already got his first dose of AstraZeneca.
RMN also posted a photo of the man’s vaccination card and it shows the schedule for a second dose of Sinovac on January 19, 2022. Both the identities of the vaccinators and their signatures, including the name of the man were redacted.
The City Health Office has not issued any formal statement about the incident. This is the first time here that a man was twice vaccinated against Covid-19 with different brands of vaccines in just a matter of minutes.
Zamboanga is ramping up its vaccination program and even put up “walk-in” sites in different villages for residents to avail of the free jabs. (Mindanao Examiner)
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