The Philippines will donate COVID-19 vaccines to its Southeast Asian neighbors amid the ample supply in the country, National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 medical adviser Dr. Ted Herbosa said on Saturday.
Herbosa, citing NTF chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr., said the country had even refused several COVID-19 vaccine donations and instead donated some of these to other Southeast Asian countries.
“Wala tayong problema sa supply, in fact sabi nga sa akin ni Secretary Galvez nagre-refuse pa sila ng donation at nagdo-donate tayo sa iba nating mga kababayan sa Southeast Asia kasi nga ample ang supply natin sa bakuna,” Herbosa said in an interview with Super Radyo dzBB.
Meanwhile, Herbosa encouraged the public to get their COVID-19 jabs as the government was looking to fully vaccinate 77 million Filipinos against COVID-19 by the end of March, and 90 million by the time Duterte steps down from office on June 30.
Based on the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC), the country had administered 135,849,882 COVID-19 vaccine doses nationwide as of March 5.
The NVOC said 61,691,303 first doses had been administered, while 63,681,927 individuals were fully vaccinated and 10,476,652 received their booster shots.
The country started its vaccination program in March 2021. — DVM, GMA News
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Herbosa, citing NTF chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr., said the country had even refused several COVID-19 vaccine donations and instead donated some of these to other Southeast Asian countries.
“Wala tayong problema sa supply, in fact sabi nga sa akin ni Secretary Galvez nagre-refuse pa sila ng donation at nagdo-donate tayo sa iba nating mga kababayan sa Southeast Asia kasi nga ample ang supply natin sa bakuna,” Herbosa said in an interview with Super Radyo dzBB.
Meanwhile, Herbosa encouraged the public to get their COVID-19 jabs as the government was looking to fully vaccinate 77 million Filipinos against COVID-19 by the end of March, and 90 million by the time Duterte steps down from office on June 30.
Based on the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC), the country had administered 135,849,882 COVID-19 vaccine doses nationwide as of March 5.
The NVOC said 61,691,303 first doses had been administered, while 63,681,927 individuals were fully vaccinated and 10,476,652 received their booster shots.
The country started its vaccination program in March 2021. — DVM, GMA News
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