COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar said that more than 70 million people in the country have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
In a statement, Galvez, citing the latest report from the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) last Friday said the country has fully vaccinated 70,005,247 people, accounting for 77.78 percent of the target population. This comes after more than a year when the country started the vaccination program in March 2021.
“Nagpapasalamat ang NTF sa lahat ng ating health workers, volunteers, at mga kababayang nagtulong-tulong para mas marami tayong mabakunahan at maprotektahan laban sa COVID-19,” Galvez said.
“This is our parting gift to the next administration. We hope that our new leaders will also prioritize our vaccination program and continue to build an immunity wall among our people,” he added.
The Duterte administration is bowing out of service on June 30.
As of Friday, the Philippines has administered more than 153 million vaccine doses, the government said, with almost 74.9 million individuals receiving at least one dose.
More than 14,7. million people have taken their first booster shots, while 648,555 have received the second booster dose.
Among the minors, some 3.2 million children aged 5-11, and nearly 9.5 million aged 12-17 have their complete doses.
