(FILE) A senior citizen receives her vaccine against the COVID-19 in San Marcelino town, Zambales province as the local government continues with its vaccination rollout on Tuesday (Photo courtesy of San Marcelino public information office)
SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — As the COVID-19 vaccination rollout continues, 41 more residents in Zambales were added to the list of fully vaccinated individuals.
As of Friday (Aug. 20), a total of 56,388 residents in the province belonging to priority groups such as health workers, senior citizens, those with comorbidity, and essential workers were fully inoculated.
At least 237 more received their first dose of AstraZeneca or Sinovac vaccine on the same day, bringing to 46,304 the residents who are now waiting to have the second dose of the vaccine.
Aside from AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines, the province also administered the single-shot Janssen vaccine of Johnson & Johnson and the Moderna vaccine that is exclusive for seafarers.
The province’s target is to vaccinate 70-percent or 400,000 of its 590,800-population to achieve herd immunity against the disease.