The Philippines ranks second in the state of vaccination rollout in Southeast Asia after 4,097,425 doses were distributed to the people, according to the National Task Force Against COVID-19 this Sunday.
According to Bloomberg World Data, a total of 4,097,425 doses of the vaccine were given to the Philippine public while Indonesia leads with 24,723,728 doses.
The Philippines has already surpassed Cambodia (3,673,639) which is in third and Singapore (3,407,068) which is only in fourth place while Myanmar is in fifth (2,994,900).
The Philippines ranks 13th out of 47 countries in Asia and 37th out of 196 countries around the world when it comes to vaccination.
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. believes. that they will double the number in June by vaccinating ‘economic frontliners’ and ‘indigenous populations’ as long as vaccines continue to arrive in the country.
Moreover, it is possible to reach herd immunity before the end of this year.
The National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 said the government vaccinates an average of 162,513 COVID-19 people daily.
NTF added that as of May 22, the Philippines had given a total of 4,097,425 COVID-19 vaccine doses nationwide.
Of the total number, 3,147,486 received first doses while 969,939 were second doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
Philippines 2nd in vaccination rollout in Southeast Asia
“Based on the Bloomberg report, in terms of total number of anti-COVID vaccines administered, the Philippines ranks second out of 10 ASEAN Member States; 13th out 47 countries in Asia; and 37th out of 196 countries worldwide,” NTF also said in its statement.
On Saturday, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said the country recorded its highest daily vaccination rate on May 20, with 229,769 administered doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Meanwhile, Philippine Ambassador to the United States, Jose Manuel Romualdez, said Monday that at least 300,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are expected to arrive in the country by June 21.
“June 21 is the target date of delivery for the first batch of Moderna vaccines. It will be 300,000 doses as a start,” Romualdez said in a CNN Philippines interview.
“We will be get more by July, August, and September.”
The Philippines bought at least 20 million doses of vaccine from America’s Moderna. The national government paid for the 13 million while the private sector paid for the seven million.
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