The government aims to achieve population protection against COVID-19 in NCR Plus by November 27. Around 6 to 8 million Metro Manila residents should be vaccinated to reach the goal.
The Department of Health Monday reported that over two million Filipinos already completed their doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
Up to eight million COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to the people since the vaccination program began in March.
According to the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC), up to 8,050,711 have been distributed out of the 14,205,870 doses received by the country.
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Some 5,953,810 received the first dose, and 2,096,901 completed the two doses.
Of those fully vaccinated, 1,053,378 or 94.24 percent were health workers (A1). A total of 1,939,599 senior citizens (A2) were given the first dose, while 536,476 were fully vaccinated.
Of the persons with comorbidities (A3), 498,925 received the two doses, while 2,005,206 received the first dose.
Of the essential workers (A4), 452,600 received the first dose, and 8,127 were fully vaccinated. A total of 23,826 belonging to the indigent sector (A5) were also vaccinated.
“There’s no letup in our vaccination campaign,” said Carlito Galvez, who is also the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chief implementer.
“All sectors of society are working together so that we can start to move on from this pandemic, bring back a greater sense to our lives, and further open up our economy,” he added.
There are currently 3,991 vaccination sites in the Philippines.
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