MANILA – The OCTA Research Group on Tuesday (July 13) urged the government to continue its prioritization of the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus 8 in its COVID-19 vaccination program.
The Philippines remains optimistic in achieving population protection by the end of the year as the national vaccination program is close to administering four million vaccine doses in the first two weeks of July.
San Juan City became the first local government unit (LGU) in the country to vaccinate 100% of its target population with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
About 1.5 million doses from the 2.028 million COVAX-donated AstraZeneca vaccine doses that arrived on Friday (July 9) will be allotted for the second shot of individuals who received their first dose of COVID-19 in May and June.
Vaccine czar and National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 chief implementer Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Saturday (July 10) that the short shelf-life of anti-COVID-19 vaccines should not be a cause for concern, as LGUs are expected to ramp up their vaccination rate once they receive the supplies allocated to them.
