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242 breakthrough infections recorded in 13.8M fully vaccinated – FDA

Bonz Magsambol

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242 breakthrough infections recorded in 13.8M fully vaccinated – FDA

VACCINATION. People receive their first dose of the Moderna vaccine against COVID-19 at the newly opened Nayong Pilipino mega vaccination hub in Paranaque City on August 12.

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'Saan ka pa tataya? Kung wala tayong bakuna laban sa COVID-19, mas marami pa ang puwedeng makakuha ng malalang sakit,' says Food and Drug Administration chief Eric Domingo

The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Thursday, September 9, that out of 13.8 million fully vaccinated individuals only 242 or 0.0017% got COVID-19.

“Out of 13.8 million na fully vaccinated, sobrang konti lang ang nakakuha ng COVID-19. Saan ka pa tataya? Kung wala tayong bakuna laban sa COVID-19, mas marami pa ang puwedeng makakuha ng malalang sakit,” said FDA chief Eric Domingo in a press briefing.

(Out of 13.8 million of those fully vaccinated, only a fraction got COVID-19. What will you choose? If we don’t have vaccines against COVID-19, more and more people will get sick.)

Domingo also reported 106 of the 1,135 COVID-19 infections among individuals who received a COVID-19 vaccine have died.

“Pero ‘yung pattern bumababa. So, meaning, partially vaccinated, mas mataas ang mortality kaysa dun sa mga fully vaccinated na pababa nang pababa na halos zero,” he said.

(The pattern though is decreasing. This means that partially vaccinated has high mortality than those fully vaccinated, which is continuously decreasing even reaching zero.)

The FDA chief presented the agency’s latest data available, which was as of August 29. At that time, a total of 13.8 million individuals were fully vaccinated. The breakthrough cases were based on the data reported to the FDA. Hence, there could be underreported breakthrough cases.

The 13.8 million fully vaccinated individuals, however, is just around 17.53% of the current eligible population, or 12.5% of the country’s total population.

While the vaccines offer protection against COVID-19, none of them prevents contracting the illness 100% of the time. (READ: Part 1 | What you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers)

There are other factors that might contribute to the occurrence of breakthrough infections. The United States Centers for Disease Control is looking at trends in age, sex, the vaccines involved, underlying health conditions, and COVID-19 variants to identify unusual patterns that might explain why the infections happened.

COVID-19 breakthrough infections: What you need to know

COVID-19 breakthrough infections: What you need to know

COVID-19 vaccines – regardless of their brand – work against hospitalization and even death, but vaccinated individuals can still be infected with the virus. This is why health experts are advising vaccinated individuals to still practice minimum public health standards as the majority of the Philippine population has not yet been vaccinated. – Rappler.com

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Bonz Magsambol

Bonz Magsambol covers the Philippine Senate for Rappler.