Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 5)— The Philippines reached a new milestone in its COVID-19 vaccination program this week as daily inoculation surpassed the one million mark.
In a statement on Friday, the Department of Health said the number of coronavirus shots administered on Thursday, Nov. 4, reached a record high of 1,119,389.
The country’s pandemic task force earlier set the target of hitting 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses daily — in hopes of a better Christmas and a safe election season.
Government officials remained optimistic that the goal is doable amid the fresh deliveries of vaccines in the past weeks.
More than 108 million doses have been delivered to the country as of Nov. 2, with 28.71 million individuals now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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