More than 45 million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Malacañang revealed the numbers Wednesday.
Karlo Nograles, acting presidential spokesperson, said the number of fully vaccinated individuals against COVID-19 is at 45,284,617.
As of December 21, Filipinos who already received the first of the two-dose vaccine is 60,212,001 while the total number of administered doses to date is at 102,995,133 million.
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The authorities are eyeing to fully vaccinate 54 million Filipinos by the end of the year, 77 million by March 2022, and 90 million by the time President Rodrigo Duterte’s term ends on June 30, 2022.
The Philippine government started its COVID-19 vaccination program on March 1, but vaccination for those aged 12 to 17 did not start until the middle of November.
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According to authorities the administration of booster shot or the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for ages 18 and above has already been approved by the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) three months after the second dose of two-dose COVID-19 vaccine and two “months after the single dose vaccine.” (AW)
