Taga Ormoc Daily

  The Philippines’ National Vaccine Program has reached another milestone, as over 50 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered since its rollout began in March. According to National Vaccination Operation Center (NVOC) data, a total of 50,066,590 doses have already been administered to more than 30 million Filipinos nationwide, of which 23,360,489 individuals have been fully vaccinated or 30.28% of the country’s target population as of October 11. On October 15, the Philippines will begin the inoculation of individuals within the 12 to 17 age group with comorbidities in eight selected hospitals in Metro Manila. National Task Force against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. said the country now has enough vaccine supplies to inoculate roughly 1.2 million adolescents with comorbidities, of which around 144,123 are from the National Capital Region. The Philippines expects the delivery of around 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines b

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. called on all local governments to ramp up further their vaccination rollouts, saying the supply of vaccines against COVID-19 was no longer a problem. “With the steady arrival of these vaccines, we call on our local leaders to set aside their political differences and focus on our efforts to inoculate as many people as possible,” said Galvez, the chief implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID-19 (NTF), on Saturday. “We at the NTF are making an assurance that every region in the country will receive an adequate volume of vaccines,” he added. More than 1.3 million doses of Moderna arrived in the country on Saturday, bringing the total vaccine deliveries to 85,575,600 since February. According to Galvez, the country has been receiving a daily average of 1.5 million vaccines, with more than 14 million doses shipped to the country in the first week of October alone. “Our vaccine supply is no longer an issue,” he noted, saying the current challenge