Number of people fully vaccinated vs COVID-19 reaches close to 30 million
An elderly resident in Olongapo City gets inoculated against COVID-19 as the local government continues its vaccine rollout for the rest of the population. (Photo courtesy of Olongapo City Information Office)
MANILA, Philippines — Almost 30 million individuals in the Philippines are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases and presidential spokesperson Harry Roque reported on Tuesday.
Roque said that 29,809,085 or 38.64 percent of the 77-million target population are fully inoculated against COVID-19 as of November 8.
Meanwhile, 35,138,281 individuals, or 45.55 percent of the target have received their first dose.
In the country’s capital region, Metro Manila, 90.35 percent or 8,832,807 of the 9.8-million target population are fully inoculated.
Article continues after this advertisementThe number of individuals who received their first dose, meantime, is 9,718,073 or 99.40 percent.
Article continues after this advertisementOn Monday, 749,424 COVID-19 doses were administered.
The government is targeting to ramp up daily immunization into one million to 1.5 million starting November 20.
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