Philippines administered 40 million COVID-19 vaccines as of September 15- Malacanang
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Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday said the Philippines has administered 40 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of September 15.
Roque in a press briefing, said in the 40 million vaccine, 22.35M people receive 1st jab and 17.67M fully vaccinated.
Government aims to vaccinate up to 70 million people before the year ends to achieve herd immunity and safely reopen the economy.
Authorities are studying vaccinating the general adult population by October if jabs are enough, President Rodrigo Duterte said last week.
“Tandaan natin po, libre ang magpapabakuna. Magparehistro lamang po sa inyong LGU,” said Roque.
Metro Manila on Thursday started testing out a new 5-level alert system accompanied by granular lockdowns, which government hoped would arrest the spread of COVID-19 while reopening the economy.
“Generally peaceful, wala po tayong problema,” national police chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said of the start of the region’s alert level 4.
Home to about 13 million people, the capital region’s overall infections in the past 30 days alone accounted for more than a fifth of the country’s total of 2.2 million coronavirus cases. Total deaths have reached 35,742.
