MANILA – In recent weeks, Covid-19 vaccine doses have been provided to the country at a more constant rate, resulting in 43,464,197 doses administered across the country as of Friday.
Still, turnout is not as great as the government would like, with vaccine hesitancy remains a problem, particularly among the elderly in both remote and densely populated areas.
As of September 24, the data from the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 showed a total of 2,242,931 are healthcare workers (A1); 433,396, senior citizens (A2); 6,282,480 adults with comorbidities (A3); 5,307,222, essential front-liners (A4); and 1,770,301, indigents (A5).
Among the first-dose recipients are 2,533,544 from A1; 3,522,588, A2; 5,8847,346, A3; 8,895,442, A4; and 2,718,947, A5.
“Despite opening the vaccination program to this priority group (A2) in April, the turnout has remained low compared to the NTF’s earlier projections,” NTF chief Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said in a previous interview.
He stated that there is a need to address vaccination hesitancy since there are new coronavirus disease variants that threatens the country’s economic recovery.
He commended the Department of Health and local government units in an earlier statement for being proactive in promoting immunization and combating misinformation.
The private sector is also assisting the government in encouraging more people to get vaccinated. Discounts and shopping rewards are used to promote Covid-19 jab injections.
As of now, the Philippines has received 66,699,340 doses of Covid-19 vaccines of various brands.
