Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 13) — The government is optimistic Metro Manila mayors can fully inoculate half of the target population by the end of the month given the current vaccination rate in the capital.
“Ang target po natin sa katapusan ng Agosto ay maka-50% po tayo na bakunado sa NCR—fully vaccinated,” National Task Force Against COVID-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon said during a virtual briefing on Friday.
[Translation: Our target by the end of August is to have 50% fully vaccinated in NCR.]
Dizon said the capital region—the country’s COVID-19 epicenter—is on track to hit its target of administering 250,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines a day, especially during the enhanced community quarantine.
Before the reimposition of the strictest lockdown, Metro Manila could only reach about 100,000 doses per day, but it was able to increase the number to 231,000 on Thursday with fresh supplies of vaccines from the national government.
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In a statement on Friday, the NTF Against COVID-19 said over 12 million Filipinos are now fully vaccinated against the virus.
It added more than 26.67 million doses have been administered across the Philippines. The country has so far received 42 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since February.
