The country has so far administered a total of 52,783,354 doses of COVID-19 vaccines seven months after it launched the national inoculation program, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. bared Tuesday night, Oct. 19.
The country has so far administered a total of 52,783,354 doses of coronavirus disease vaccines seven months after it launched the national inoculation program, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. bared Tuesday night, Oct. 19.
Galvez, vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID-19, said 28,284,601 individuals have received their first dose while 24,498,753 others were fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, the National Capital Region has fully vaccinated 7,897,782 residents out of the 9,776,356 total eligible population while 9,077,651 have received their first dose.“Talagang napakalaki po ang nagawa po ng NCR at ito po ay isang ehemplo para makita po ng mga ibang regions . Other regions are now catching up with the delivery of more vaccines to the provinces,” Galvez said at President Duterte’s “Talk to the People” public address.
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