Makati eyes vaccination of 70% of target population by end-September

Mass COVID-19 vaccination at the Makati Coliseum. Image from Facebook / MyMakati

MANILA, Philippines — The local government of Makati is eyeing to vaccinate 70 percent of its target population against COVID-19 by the end of the month, Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay said.

“We have not hit our target population yet. But based on our calculation, we should be able to reach our 70 percent on the first dose by the end of the month, hopefully,” Binay told INQside Look on Thursday.

As of Wednesday, 311,229 out of the 437,192 target population have received the first dose while 171,835 are fully vaccinated. Makati City has a total population of 624,560.

COVID-19 vaccine supply remains as the hurdle in Makati City’s inoculation program, Binay noted.

Despite this, she boasted that the city government was able to more than double its daily target on August 31, and they are looking to further increase it.

“I’m very proud to say that our daily target is at 4,900. But, August 31, we were able to vaccinate over 11,000. Kailangan ko lang ipagyabang kasi kami ata ‘yung pinakamadaming nabakunahan nung araw na ‘yun,” the mayor shared.

(I just have to boast it because I think we are the local government that administered the most number of vaccines that day.)

Binay added that she wanted to show the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Vaccine Operations Center (NVOC) that the city government could exceed its daily target.

“The fact that we were able to reach 11,000, nag-overtime pa kami. We were still vaccinating people after 8 p.m. kasi gusto namin ipakita sa NVOC saka sa DOH na kaya namin i-hit or more than double our target,” Binay explained.

(The fact that we were able to reach 11,000, we even went overtime. We were still vaccinating people after 8 p.m. because we want to show the NVOC and DOH that we can hit or even more than double our target.)

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