The Philippines is among the top recipients of large volumes of COVID-19 vaccines among developing countries from the World Health Organization (WHO)-led COVAX Facility.
Over 27 million Filipinos are now fully protected against coronavirus infections, according to the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 tracker on Sunday (Oct. 31).
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Police Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar directed police offices and units nationwide to help local government units encourage residents to get inoculated against COVID-19 as part of the national government’s ramped-up vaccination program.
Some 1,537 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the different facilities of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in the Ilocos Region have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Oct. 28.
San Nicolas, Pangasinan along with some hospitals in other provinces are the first in Region 1 to begin the pediatric vaccination rollout against COVID-19.
