By Vir B. Lumicao
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| Flu jab is free for those aged 50 and above, pregnant or have disabilities |
Free influenza vaccination will still be available to Filipinos 50 years and over as well as children below 12 years old, pregnant women and persons with disabilities, at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office on five days this November.
The free vaccination against seasonal flu can be obtained at POLO this Thursday, Nov 4, and next Monday, Nov 8, from 9am to 1pm, and on Nov 14, 21 and 28 from 9:30am to 4:30pm, said Assistant Labor Attaché Angelica Sunga.
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She posted the extended vaccination schedule on POLO’s Facebook page Sunday night.
“We are having three more Sunday sessions for November and two more weekdays that we are arranging with Dr Tam,” said Sunga, referring to Dr Tam Yat-hung of Shoebill Health Care, which is administering the shots.
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She said there has been a strong demand for the jabs but the
extensions depended on the availability of vaccine supply from the
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| Shoebill's Au says up to 500 people received the flu jab on Sunday |
Jerry Au, project manager of the vaccination outreach being carried out by Shoebill, estimated that around 400 to 500 people received the jab on the last Sunday of October in the Polo conference room on the 29th floor of United Centre in Admiralty.
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Au said this is the third year that Shoebill, a private health-care group, has been doing the vaccination outreach for Polo. He said Polo is a convenient venue for workers who go there for business transactions on their rest day.
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Experts say the elderly and other high-risk groups could get severe Covid-19 symptoms if they catch it at the same time as the flu.
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