The Department of Health reported that the government has vaccinated 2% of its overall population against COVID-19.
“This will take a long time because we know that as of now, we have only fully vaccinated around 2% of our population. That’s far from our target before the end of the year on vaccinating 50% to 70% of the population,” Health Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega said in an interview.
Vega said that the country should have been vaccinating 500,000 people daily.
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The health official said that the limited vaccine supply is hampering the government’s vaccination drive.
The country records 7,302 new COVID-19 infections, pushing the nationwide tally to 1,315,639.
There are 59,865 active cases, excluding data from one laboratory. These are the people currently infected with the disease.
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Meanwhile, the death toll rose to 22,788 after 137 more patients succumbed to COVID-19.
The number of recoveries also climbed to 1,232,986 with 7,701 COVID-19 new survivors. (TDT)
