A total of 12,282,006 or 17.19% of the country’s eligible target population have been fully vaccinated as of Thursday, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said on Friday.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 25) President Rodrigo Duterte lauded the public for abiding by rules amid concerns about the government s vaccination program.
President Duterte made the comment in his address on Saturday night where he talked about the government s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mabuti ito we are better off because our citizens are really law-abiding citizens, and you can tell by the respond of the people. We have yet to see a ruckus there somewhere regarding the vaccination process.
Wala tayong mga ano yun nagri-riot yung iba eh. Dito wala, naghihintay, he said.
[Translation: We are better off because our citizens are really law-abiding citizens, and you can tell by the respond of the people. We have yet to see a ruckus there somewhere regarding the vaccination process. We don t have riots. Here there is nothing, people wait.]
Vaccine procurement budget not a problem, PH allots ₱45B for 2022 Dominguez
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 25) Money will not be an issue next year as the government has already earmarked ₱45 billion to finance additional COVID-19 vaccine purchases, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said.
During a briefing with President Rodrigo Duterte late Saturday, Dominguez assured the Philippine government has enough budget to cover fresh vaccines for 2022.
Vaccine booster shots are also on the table, he added. For next year we have in the budget P45 billion for additional vaccinations. To assure you and the health community, we do have money for that, he said.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 24) Over 5.5 million Filipinos are now protected against COVID-19, the pandemic task force said Saturday, as the country s coronavirus shots near 500,000 per day. We are now past the crawl-and-walk stages, as we gradually run towards our goal of inoculating half a million Filipinos per day this quarter, National Task Force against COVID 19 Chief Implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito G. Galvez Jr. was quoted as saying in a statement.
Galvez said the government was able to administer 472,356 doses across the country last Thursday only 30,000 short of its target of at least half a million Filipinos per day this third quarter.
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