ni Lolet Abania | October 3, 2021
Nasa kabuuang 1.8 milyon doses ng Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine na donasyon ng gobyerno ng United States sa pamamagitan ng COVAX facility ang dumating sa bansa ngayong Linggo nang umaga.
Ayon kay vaccine czar at Chief Implementer ng National Task Force Against COVID-19 Carlito Galvez Jr, umabot na sa kabuuang 77,410,640 doses ng COVID-19 vaccine na idineliber sa bansa hanggang Oktubre 3, 2021.
Nitong Sabado nang hapon, nasa 889,200 doses ng Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine ang dumating at donasyon din ng US government sa pamamagitan ng COVAX facility.
“With the over 77-million vaccine doses we have received since February, we are moving closer to vaccinating half of our eligible population. This will be another major milestone in our vaccine rollout,” ani Galvez.
Sinabi rin ni Galvez na marami pang paparating na bakuna hanggang sa katapusan ng Oktubre, kung saan tinatayang aabot na ang matatanggap ng bansa sa kabuuang 100 milyon COVID-19 vaccine doses simula ito noong Pebrero.
“And by the end of October, we project that the country would have received a total of 100 million vaccine doses (since February), which could fully inoculate about 50 million Filipinos. This brings us closer to our goal of achieving herd immunity or population protection for us to safely exit from this pandemic as soon as possible,” sabi pa ni Galvez.