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(File photo) MANILA - A total of 3.7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines has been administered since the second leg of Bayanihan Bakunahan started on December 15, a health official said Tuesday. "Nakabawi tayo kahapon, naka-1,039,000 tayong doses kahapon, for a total simula noong Dec 15 ng 3.7 million sa buong bansa (We were able to administer more jabs yesterday (Monday), about 1,039,000 doses, for a total of 3.7 million doses from Dec. 15 nationwide," Health Undersecretary and National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) Chairperson Myrna Cabotaje reported during a televised public...

(File photo) MANILA - The administration of the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine may be delayed up to a maximum of six months, a health official said on Tuesday. Health Undersecretary and National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) chairperson Myrna Cabotaje made this remark amid the possibility that inoculation of the second dose will be delayed in areas severely ravaged by Typhoon Odette. "We have a minimum interval - 21 days [for] Pfizer, then, 28 days [for] Moderna, then, 28 days [for] Sinovac, and four weeks for AstraZeneca," Cabotaje said in the Laging Handa public briefing. &...