MANILA – Now that a fourth case of the Omicron (B.1.1.529) coronavirus variant has been detected in the country, a health official on Monday night reiterated the need for Filipinos to get vaccinated against the Covid-19.
National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 medical consultant, Dr. Ma. Paz Corrales welcomed the arrival of Air Hong Kong Flight LD 456 carrying 1,187,550 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City, emphasizing that “vaccination is an added protection for all Filipinos”.
“As you all know, we already have four cases of Omicron variant now, we should urge more to get vaccinated in preparation for its possible spread in the country,” Corrales said.
Corrales urged people who have yet to receive their primary doses and those who are now eligible for booster doses to have their respective Covid-19 shots, noting that the highly transmissible Omicron variant is now spreading in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
The recently delivered shipment is part of the government-purchased Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines made possible by Asian Development Bank funding.
“We were able to jab [over] 47 million Filipinos already despite the onslaught of the recent typhoon. We are all trying our best, especially in the typhoon-stricken areas to vaccinate as many Filipinos as we can,” Corrales said.
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