29% of Philippines population fully vaccinated against COVID-19
MANILA, Philippines — Some 31.82 million Filipinos have been fully inoculated against COVID-19 since the government launched its vaccination campaign in March.
This is equivalent to 29.18% of the population, a long way from the 90% health authorities say is needed to attain herd immunity.
Department of Health figures as of November 15 also show that 38.47 million or 35.28% of Filipinos have received the first shot of a two-dose vaccine regimen.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who is acting presidential spokesperson, during a media briefing on Tuesday said the government administered 963,777 shots the day prior, inching closer to its goal of 1.5 million doses a day.
An average of 763,881 vaccines daily was administered in the last seven days.
DOH on Monday night announced that health workers fully vaccinated for COVID-19 can begin getting booster shots starting November 17.
Officials said final guidelines for the efforts would be released by the National Vaccine Operations Center later today. — with a report from Christian Deiparine
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