With the threat of newer mutations like the “Delta plus” variant, two members of the Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) urged the public to get vaccinated to have themselves protected.
“Have yourself vaccinated,” Dr. Rontgene Solante of the VEP said during the Kapihan Session of the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, stressing that vaccines are still effective as an added layer of protection against the variants.
“Forget about the variant at this point,” Solante stressed adding that the most important thing is that the vaccine will protect you from getting the severe form of the infection.
For his part, Dr. Isagani Padolina, also a member of the VEP, said that getting the vaccines will reduce the burden on the healthcare system.
Covid cases
As of 4 p.m. of June 25, the DOH logged 6,812 additional Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 1,385,053.
There were also 2,867 recoveries and 116 deaths.
Of the total number of cases, 4.0 percent (55,293) are active, 94.3 percent (1,305,608) have recovered, 1.74 percent (24,152) have died.
Nineteen duplicates were removed from the total case count. Of these, 12 are recoveries.
Moreover, 61 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation.
All laboratories were operational on June 23, 2021 and all were able to submit their data to the Covid-19 Document Repository System.
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More than 18 months into this pandemic, so far no animal has been presented by the WHO or China as the bridge from where this virus made its jump from animal to humans. The Covid 19 virus is a well engineered piece of monstrosity ( funded by Anthony Fauci) specifically designed to infect humans. With the virus now taking a life of its own, continually mutating, this is now creating a demand for the need for innoculation yearly which means a ton of money for big pharma for infinity and beyond. However, 2,3, or 5 years down the road, I cannot help but wonder how these vaccines will start to affect the human body. Only time will tell in what shape or form side effects from yearly innoculations will present itself.