The mass vaccination drive was 'a huge success,' a Health official said Saturday, as more than 9.9 million Filipinos received their COVID-19 shots
"a huge success," a Health official said Saturday, as more than 9.9 million Filipinos received their COVID-19 shots.
"We were targeting nine million individuals to be vaccinated. As of yesterday, ang tally po natin ay 9.9 million," Health Undersecretary. Maria Rosario Vergeire said during a virtual briefing.From Nov. 29 to Dec. 3, she said the government administered a total of 9,937,827 COVID-19 vaccine doses. The government set the national vaccination drive on Monday to Wednesday but was extended for two more days after only hitting eight million shots.Data from the National Task Force Against COVID-19 showed that as of Dec. 1, over 55.5 million Filipinos were vaccinated with at least one dose—or 71.84% of the Philippines' target population.Metro Manila has the highest vaccination coverage with at least one dose to 112.16% of the target population, the NTF said.