No vaccine let up! Rollout reaches 8 million doses: Galvez

By Prince Golez

The Philippines has breached the eight million mark in terms of total anti-Covid-19 vaccine shots administered nationwide, National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. said.

As of June 18, data from the National Vaccination Operations Center showed that a total of 8,050,711 Filipinos have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

“There’s no letup in our vaccination campaign. All sectors of society are working together so that we can start to move on from this pandemic, bring back a greater sense to our lives, and further open up our economy,” Galvez said on Sunday.

The official commended the local governments and the private sector in helping accelerate the vaccine rollout.

“Local government units and the private sector are playing a key role in this effort, as they ramp up the inoculation of their citizens and employees, respectively. They are really doing an amazing job and we would like to laud them for their hard work,” he added.

Galvez said the upward trajectory of vaccinations is an indication that vaccine hesitancy is being addressed.

“More Filipinos, especially our senior citizens, are now willing to get inoculated,” according to him.

To date, the Philippines has received a total of 14,205,870 doses of Sinovac, Sputnik, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca vaccines bought by the government and private sector and donated by foreign governments.

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