MANILA – According to the National Task Force (NTF) on Saturday, the Philippines has provided 69,028,113 doses of coronavirus vaccines, with the average daily vaccination rate steadily increasing.
As shown from the latest data of the National Covid-19 vaccination dashboard, there are 31,355,064 Filipinos now fully vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus.
NTF chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., previously stated that the government is planning to complete the required doses of at least 54 million Filipinos by the end of December to obtain population protection.
“Ang primary objective natin dito is ma-capacitate natin ‘yung mga regions na mababa ang vaccination output (Our primary objective here is to capacitate the regions with low vaccination output). So that they could immediately catch up. We will have that momentum going forward hanggang (until) December 30,” he said in a previous interview.
From November 29 to December 1, the government plans to run a three-day immunization drive to administer at least five million Covid-19 doses per day.
“We are very excited as we prepare for the conduct of our National Vaccination Days,” Galvez said.
So far, the Philippines received 123,258,340 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, both procured and donations, from different pharmaceutical firms.
The 1,279,000 doses of government-procured Moderna Covid-19 vaccine arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Saturday morning.
The country’s average daily vaccination rate recorded in the last seven days increased to 748,839 doses, compared to the 300,000 to 400,000 average in the previous weeks.
On Friday, 969,858 doses were administered following two consecutive days of more than one million each.
