Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr, NTF chief Implementer and vaccine czar, said the national government continues to scale up its vaccination rollout through the ‘Vax to the Max’ strategy it is implementing together with the private sector.
This developed as the 698,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines procured by the private sector arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 on Friday, October 22.
The delivery of about 11 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines purchased by the private sector are expected to be completed by February 2022.
As of October 22, 54,444,161 doses of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered nationwide, of which 29,342,939 have been given as the first doses, while 25,101,222 individuals are now fully vaccinated.
Since October 1, the Philippines has recorded an average daily jab rate of 421,098 doses, in which 32.54% of the country’s target population is now fully vaccinated.
The delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines continues to increase by the month, as the country has received a total of 23,353,750 doses this month alone as of October 22, wherein 8,843,065 doses were administered.
Out of the 94,678,340 doses that have arrived in the country since February, 58,723,760 were purchased by the national government, 24,330,280 were donations from the COVAX facility, 7,983,160 were purchased by local government units and the private sector, and 3,641,140 were donated by partner countries.
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