DOH: Over 11.3M Filipinos fully vaccinated against COVID-19

More than 11.3 million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of August 8, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.

In its latest vaccine bulletin, the DOH said 13,087,781 individuals have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine while 11,391,969 have been fully inoculated.

Among those who have received their first dose are:

•     2,061,078 health workers
•     2,976,900 senior citizens
•     4,093,867 persons with comorbidities
•     3,333,680 essential workers
•     622,256 indigents

The fully vaccinated individuals are made up of:

•     1,730,762 health workers
•     3,318,212 senior citizens
•     4,244,272 persons with comorbidities
•     1,734,089 essential workers
•     364,634 indigents

A total of 24,479,750 doses have so far been administered nationwide. In the past week, 1,421 active and reporting vaccination sites administered an average of 516,601 doses per day.

Metro Manila target

In a DOH briefing earlier in the day, Metro Manila Development Authority chief of staff Michael Salalima said 5.37 million individuals in the capital region have received at least one dose and 3.927 million have been fully vaccinated as of August 8.

Salalima said authorities will ramp up COVID-19 vaccination while Metro Manila is under a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the strictest lockdown classification.

“More or less, hopefully ma-reach natin around 13 million jabs after this ECQ and with that po, at least almost 50% na po ng ating populasyon dito sa Kalakhang Maynila ay meron na pong first dose at second dose,” he said.

(Hopefully we’ll reach more or less 13 million jabs after this ECQ and with that, at least 50% of our population in Metro Manila will have received their first and second dose.)

The government aims to vaccinate 70 million Filipinos against COVID-19.—AOL, GMA News