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Gov't to discuss vaccine rollout with Israeli experts arriving June 20 —Galvez
Vaccine czar and National Task Force Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. on Sunday said the government will discuss the vaccination rollout with Israeli experts.
The experts will be in the country from June 20 to 25 to share their experiences on vaccine deployment, he said.
“Their arrival in the Philippines will help us fine-tune our vaccination roll-out. We want to learn from the best practices being implemented in Israel and hopefully, replicate and use them in crafting our country’s policies,” the vaccine czar said.
Other topics to be discussed are the safe handling of vaccines and improving public uptake of vaccines.
“We will study and look at the lessons learned by Israel and hopefully apply those in the Philippines,” Galvez earlier said.
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The NTF said the Israeli experts will also meet with the country's top medical experts and will visit some vaccination sites.
Galvez on Sunday said more than eight million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the country.
A total of 8,050,711 jabs were administered nationwide as of June 18, according to data from the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC).
Of this number, 5,953,810 jabs were for the first dose, while 2,096,901 were for the second dose.
The Philippines is eyeing to vaccinate around 58 million or 70% of 83 million people who live in COVID-19 hotspots to achieve herd immunity. —KG, GMA News