1.8M individuals fully vaccinated vs. COVID-19 in Philippines — Roque

The Philippines has fully vaccinated 1,879,694 individuals against COVID-19 as of June 14, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Monday.

Citing data from the National COVID-19 Vaccine Operations Center, Roque said over 6.9 million doses have been administered nationwide.

Among the fully vaccinated individuals, 968,750 are health workers, 479,034 are senior citizens, 424,889 are persons with comorbidities, and 7,021 are essential workers.

Meanwhile, a total of 5,068,855 people have received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Of this number, 1.4 million are health workers, 1.7 million are senior citizens, another 1.7 million are persons with comorbidities, and 152,964 are essential workers.

Earlier on Monday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire explained that the government’s target remains to be vaccinating 70 million people

The DOH said only 7% of the target eligible population have received their first dose while only 2% have been fully vaccinated.

“We use these indicators for us to guide or check our progress,” Vergeire said in a briefing. “We still have a long way to go and we really need to ramp up our vaccination efforts and hopefully our supplies will stabilize.”

Around 11 million COVID-19 vaccine doses are expected to arrive this month. 

The Philippines has logged 1,322,053 COVID-19 cases with 1,240,112 recoveries and 22,845 deaths as of Monday afternoon. — Julia Mari Ornedo/RSJ, GMA News