San Juan City starts using Moderna doses for its COVID-19 vaccination program

The San Juan City government on Wednesday started using Moderna vaccine doses in its vaccination program against COVID-19, the first local government to do so.

According to Mayor Francis Zamora, 900 people will benefit from the initial supply of 1,800 Moderna doses in the city.

As of Tuesday, Zamora said around 82% of the city's’ target population or 70,269 out of 85,400 have been vaccinated.

“Umaasa tayo by July 15 ay 100 percent nabakunahan na sila ng first dose (We are hoping that by July 15, 100% of the target population will already receive their first dose),” he told reporters.

The city government has been vaccinating around 3,000 people daily, according to Zamora.

This coming Sunday, the San Juan City government will open a third vaccination site in Greenhills Shopping Center, which could bring the average daily vaccination to 5,000, Zamora said.

As of June 27, the Department of Health (DOH) said the Philippines has administered more than 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

At least 10,065,414 doses have been administered across 1,231 active vaccination sites. A total of 7,538,128 shots were administered as first doses while 2,527,286 were second doses.

The government aims to vaccinate around 70 million people to achieve herd immunity. —KBK, GMA News