President Rodrigo Duterte urged the public to avail themselves of the vaccine booster shots against the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) before voting on Monday, May 9.
President Duterte made the call since the government expects that a large number of people will gather at voting precincts on election day.
"It’s still available at anybody can have it because it’s election time. There will be a crowding again of people, congregating, and it would be good to have the booster shots before you go out and mix with the crowd," President Duterte said in a taped national address aired on Wednesday, May 3.
President Duterte stressed that availing the booster doses will reduce the chance that a person will contract COVID-19.
"It’s not a 100 percent guarantee that there will be no re-infection but malayo. Kung mayroon man, talagang mahina ‘yung ano mo, constitution mo, lalo na ‘yung immune system mo," the Chief Executive said.
"But if you are normal ka lang, hindi ka magsakit, hindi ka masakitin, it can protect you and you can vote there without any, sans the worry about getting an infection again," he added.
