Manila Bulletin
FDA: Only 242 fully vaccinated people experience ‘breakthrough’ COVID-19 infection
As of August 29, only 0.0017% of 13.87 million fully vaccinated Filipinos contracted COVID-19, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
A total of 242 breakthrough infections were recorded among those fully vaccinated, with five deaths, primarily among senior citizens with comorbidities.
Sinovac vaccines accounted for the largest number of breakthrough cases with 180 infections, followed by AstraZeneca with 47, Janssen with 11, and Pfizer with four.
Out of 9.22 million individuals who received at least one dose, 732 got infected after their first shot, and 98 were infected within 14 days after the last dose.
In total, 1,135 COVID-19 cases, including 106 deaths, were tallied among both partially and fully vaccinated individuals.
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