MANILA – Alert levels in several places could only be lowered to Level 1 if 80 percent of their senior citizens and individuals with comorbidities population are immunized against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III stated that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases (IATF) considers an 80 percent vaccination rate of the eligible population when determining alert levels in various areas.
“At kung hindi po sila ay makarating diyan po sa panukatan na iyan ay hindi po natin sila puwedeng ibaba (If they aren’t able to comply with that, they can’t be de-escalated) to Alert Level 1,” Duque said.
“So, maganda po itong karagdagang metric na atin pong isasama sa pag-assess ng sino ba ang at ano ba ang mga lugar na hinog na (So, this a good metric in assessing which places are ready) for an Alert Level 1,” he added.
As of February 21, approximately 134,332,014 doses of Covid-19 vaccination have been administered.
Of the total amount, 61,898,823 were administered as the first dose, 62,652,101 as second dose, and 9,781,090 as booster shots.
Based on the data from the Department of Health’s Covid-19 Vaccination Dashboard on February 9, about 5,099,909 among the senior citizen population have received their first dose, 6,253,846 completed their second dose, and 1,580,226 got their booster shots.
Meanwhile, about 7,820,800 individuals with comorbidities have been partially vaccinated, 9,006,721 have been fully vaccinated, and 1,688,505 have obtained their booster doses.
