The Philippines has reached the 10 million mark in terms of the number of vaccines administered, with 10,065,414 total doses administered as of June 27, 2021, according to data from the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC).
To highlight the said milestone in the country’s national vaccination program, a ceremonial vaccination was held today, June 28, 2021 in the City of Valenzuela, said Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque Jr in his press briefing on Monday, June 28.
Citing the same data from the NVOC, the Palace official said that the average daily administered doses last week is 236,867 doses. “Tiwala tayo na maaabot natin ang 500,000 daily vaccination rate nating target basta patuloy ang pagdating ng supply ng bakuna sa bansa,” said Secretary Roque.
The Palace spokesman also mentioned about the arrival of the first batch of Moderna vaccines yesterday, June 27. Roque said that of the 249,600 doses of Moderna that arrived, 150,000 were procured by the national government, while the remaining 99,600 doses were bought by the private sector.
Roque also announced the arrival of one million doses of Sinovac vaccines earlier today – the fifth batch of Sinovac vaccines delivered this month of June. This latest delivery makes for a total of 12 million doses of Sinovac vaccines that have so far arrived in the country.
Meanwhile, Philippine Ambassador to Canada Rodolfo Robles, in an interview with Sec. Roque, said that the Philippines has expressed interest to get some of Canada’s excess COVID-19 vaccines.
Amb. Robles also discussed the possibility of having a local manufacturing of a Canadian vaccine here in the Philippines, saying that they are just waiting for the approval of the non-disclosure agreement by the Philippine government before formal negotiations start.
On another matter, Makati City Mayor Abby Binay asked for understanding from the public on the issue of an individual not being vaccinated due to an error on the part of the volunteer nurse vaccinator. Mayor Binay said the matter was immediately acted upon and the person was given the vaccine the following day. Makati City’s chief executive also assured that such incidents will not happen again.
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