Fully vaccinated persons in Philippines now at 12 million — Palace

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has surpassed the 12-million mark in the number of persons already fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Malacañang said Thursday.

In a press briefing, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said 12,027,383 individuals have already been fully vaccinated in the country as of August 11.

Meanwhile, over 26.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered, 14.1 million of which were given as a first dose.

Since February, the Philippines already received 39.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses— a mix of jabs procured by the government and donated by the COVAX facility and other nations.

The most recent vaccine shipments delivered were the 100,000 doses of Sinopharm donated by the United Arab Emirates and more than 800,000 Pfizer doses procured by the government.

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