Fully vaccinated individuals vs COVID-19 now 24 million | Inquirer News

Fully vaccinated individuals vs COVID-19 now 24 million

/ 01:46 PM October 19, 2021

MANILA, Philippines — Over 24 million individuals in the Philippines are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque reported on Tuesday.

Roque, also the spokesman of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases, said that 24,498,753 individuals or 31.76 percent of the target of around 77 million are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Meanwhile, 28,284,601 individuals or 36.67 percent received their first dose.

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Nationally, the country administered 52,783,354 total COVID-19 vaccines. Of which, 16,975,433 were injected to individuals in Metro Manila.

So far, 7,897,782 or 80.78 percent of the 9.8 million target population in Metro Manila are fully inoculated.

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Those who received their first dose in the capital region, meantime, are now 9,077,651 or 92.85 percent of the target population.

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On Monday, the government administered 479,449 COVID-19 vaccine doses.

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