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PH administers 29-M doses of Covid-19 vaccines
As of August 18, the Department of Health (DOH) reported that a total of 29,127,240 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered nationwide.
The highest single-day record of 710,482 jabs was conducted on August 5, before the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila.
The moving weekly accomplishment is 3,560,894 administered jabs.
For senior citizens, 38.81% of the target population are fully vaccinated, while 68% of persons with comorbidities have received two doses.
About 94.72% of healthcare workers have been fully vaccinated and 16.47% of essential sector workers have received two doses.
Only 10% of the poor population have completed their doses, while 328,440 from the expanded A1 group have complete doses.
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