Philippines secures enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate 100 mln people: official
The Philippines has secured enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to inoculate 100 million people by the end of this year, according to the country's Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez.
A local woman is inoculated in the Philippines. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
Manila (VNA) - The Philippines has secured enough COVID-19 vaccine doses toinoculate 100 million people by the end of this year, according to the country's Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez.
Dominguez said on September 14 that the vaccines financed and ordered by the governmenttotaled 121.13 million doses as of September 12. Another 50.12 million doses arefrom donations by its bilateral partners and the country's share in theCOVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility (COVAX), while local governments and the private sector procured 24.12 million doses.
The Philippines has administered more than 39 million doses of COVID-19vaccines. More than 17 million people have been fully vaccinated so far.
The capital Manila is expected to ease large-scale restrictions from September 16 under thePhilippine Government's pilot scheme of localised social distancing inthe capital. The localised social distancing will be accompanied by 5 warninglevels to determine the allowed range of business units. Localised socialdistancing will target certain buildings, streets or residential areasinstead of covering the entire city as it is now. If successful, thissolution could be applied across the Philippines.
The change in thePhilippine Government's COVID-19 tactic could also soon allow schools toreopen with limited face-to-face classes and indoor recreation facilities toreopen in areas with low transmission rates.
The Southeast Asian country has recorded over 2.2 million confirmedCOVID-19 cases and 35,529 deaths./.
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A local woman is inoculated in the Philippines. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
