AS COVID-19 vaccines continue to arrive in bigger bulk and at a steady pace, National Task Force Against COVID-19 Chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. said the government is eyeing a targeted distribution of vaccines, particularly in regions and provinces with low vaccination outputs.
A strategic element is to direct that country’s vaccine supplies to major economic hubs to fast-track economic recovery.
“We continue to recalibrate our vaccine distribution strategy to ensure that no one will be left behind. It is our hope that all regions in the country will be able to scale up their vaccination throughput so we can hit our target of administering 1.5 million jabs daily,” Galvez said.
Aside from an area’s vaccination throughput, the government also looks at a locality’s infection rate, testing capacity, and other factors to determine their supply allocations.
Galvez said among the regions in the country, the National Capital Region (NCR) got a big chunk of the deliveries of COVID-19 jabs with over 20.23 million vaccine doses deployed to local government unit (LGUs) as of November 8.
These deliveries are directly proportional to the current vaccination output of the region, which has already inoculated 102.86 percent of its target population with at least one dose as of November 9.
Meanwhile, more than 8.8 million individuals, or 90.75 percent of the target population in NCR are now fully vaccinated.
Galvez remains confident that LGUs in the NCR will be able to fully vaccinate their respective target populations, including children 12 to 17 years of age by the end of the year.
“We laud the efforts of our Metro Manila mayors in achieving this milestone. This proves that we remain on track with our vaccination targets. Truly, nothing is impossible if we all work together. A better Christmas is now at hand. I thank the President for his trust and confidence in our plan. It really works with the cases in all areas that are continuously declining and our economy is now rebounding to 7.1-percent growth in the last Q3 despite six weeks lockdown. Our next goal is to start and sustain the opening up of our classes to protect our children’s future and development. We need to vaccinate our students and teachers before the end of this year,” Galvez added.
The national government aims to inoculate at least 54 million Filipinos by the end of this month, and fully vaccinate them before the end of December.
More vaccines to be deployed to regions, provinces with low vaccination rates
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