THE Department of Health (DoH) stepped up its booster vaccination efforts as cases of Covid-19 continue to increase in the country.

This comes after the DoH shared projections that could lift the daily average Covid-19 cases across the country to 19,306 by Aug. 31, 2022, if minimum health standards are not met and vaccination and booster rates remain low.

If booster vaccinations improve and minimum health protocols are followed, the cases could decrease to around 6,194 to 8,346 by the end of the month.

The DoH said while it considers the current case numbers in determining an area’s alert level, it is now largely focusing on admissions and hospital utilization rates.

It added that the availability of Covid-19 treatment and vaccines allowed reduction of the vulnerable population from getting severe disease and keep hospital utilization rates and fatalities to a minimum.

READ MORE:  https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/07/27/news/govt-ramps-up-booster-drive/1852414

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3.6 million COVID-19 vax doses now expired; 632,000 doses to expire soon — Concepcion

COVID-19 vaccines

FILE PHOTO: Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

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MANILA, Philippines — Some 3.6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses procured by the private sector expired on Wednesday, with 632,000 vaccine doses to similarly expire by Sunday, former Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said.

Concepcion announced that about 1.6 million AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccine doses would expire in August. But in a Laging Handa briefing, he clarified that the number of expired COVID-19 vaccine doses — including those that will expire on Sunday — will now total 4.2 million, resulting in the loss of billions of pesos.

By: Beatrice Pinlac – @inquirerdotnet
INQUIRER.net / 01:35 PM July 27, 2022