National Task Force against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., (PNA photo) MANILA - The Philippines will soon reach its targeted threshold for population protection as the average daily vaccination rate continues to increase with more deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines arriving, National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said Thursday. Galvez, who is also the vaccine czar, cited the average vaccination rate has slightly slowed down to at least 300,000 doses daily in the previous months. "Ngayon tumataas naman tayo (We are now increasing) as we have said earlier, that last Friday we were able to accomplish the highest jab [administered] per day to 724,294 [doses]," Galvez told the reporters during the arrival of 896,000 doses of Japan-donated AstraZeneca vaccine at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in Paranaque City. Citing the data from the National Vaccine Operations Center (NVOC), Galvez re
VACCINE DELIVERY.Bureau of Customs personnel inspect Pfizer vaccines at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on Wednesday (Oct. 6, 2021). Provinces are the priority recipients of the US-made jabs.(PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan) MANILA - The government has initially set aside between 45,000 and 50,000 doses for the pilot rollout of the pediatric vaccination in the National Capital Region (NCR) starting October 15. The allocation will be based on the number of registered patients in each of the eight hospitals, according to Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer, on Friday during the arrival of 2,793,240 doses of Moderna and AstraZeneca jabs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1. The hospitals participating in the vaccination for the 12 to 17 years age group are Philippine Children's Medical Center, National Children's Hospital, Philippine Heart Center, Pasig City Children's Hospital, Fe Del