Over 55,000 Zambales residents now fully vaccinated vs COVID-19
A resident of San Marcelino town, in Zambales province receives a shot of the vaccine against COVID-19 during a recent mass vaccination.(Photo courtesy of San Marcelino Public Information Office)
SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — The number of residents in this province who have been fully inoculated against COVID-19 rose to 55,974 as of Wednesday, according to the provincial health office.
At least 115 more eligible recipients got their complete dose of AstraZeneca or Sinovac vaccine while 145 received their first dose during the latest mass vaccination in the province.
The number reflected about 14 percent of the total target population.
So far, a total of 101,509 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including the single-shot Janssen vaccine of Johnson & Johnson, were already administered in the province.
Zambales needs to vaccinate 400,000 of its 590,800 residents to achieve herd immunity.
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