Pharmacies, clinics tapped to give COVID-19 booster shots

Members of the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office inoculate motorists with their booster shots while inside the comfort of their vehicles as they queue at the 24/7 drive-thru vaccination program of the local government for the general population at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on Jan. 14, 2022.

The STAR / Miguel de Guzman

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 5:12 p.m.) — Pharmacies and private clinics will be tapped as vaccination sites to accelerate the country’s COVID-19 inoculation program, the government’s vaccine czar said.

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said the government will roll out booster shots in select pharmacies in Metro Manila on January 21. His presentation during the meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte, however, indicated the rollout will start on January 20.

The program will be expanded to additional sites in the capital region and other regions.

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