The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) has not recorded any severe side effects experienced by the recipients of the 30,000 doses of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine.
Subscribe to our new Telegram channel for the latest updates and stories.
The best vaccine is the first one you can get access to so do you agree with the Philippines Department of Health (DOH) when they announced earlier this week (20 May) to not reveal vaccine brands?
Philippine officials came to the decision because too much preference on a certain brand can hinder their vaccination rollout.
While their government believes this move is necessary, the people are raising eyebrows.
At first read of this, most of you may also be thinking “
WHAT? NO WAY!” And fairly so because “
my body, my choice” right? Technically, it is your choice but at this point in the pandemic, herd immunity is what we are trying to achieve.
Philippines Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Situation Report #76, 10 May 2021
Format
Situation summary
(Highlights of the current report) Please see the Philippines Department of Health (DOH) daily Situation Update for further information.
• Out of a total 1,108,8261 confirmed cases reported in the Philippines as of 10 May 2021, 52.4 % are male, with the most affected age group 25-34 years (27.8%).
• 43.2% of the total number of cases are from the National Capital Region (NCR), followed by CALABARZON (17.6%), Central Luzon (8.4%), Central Visayas (5.4%), Western Visayas (3.7%).
• Out of the total 18,562 confirmed deaths, 59.1% are male, with the most affected age group 65-74 (28.1%) followed by the age group 60-64 years (13.5%) and the age group 80+ (12.7%).