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Vaccination rate among health workers may go up when more COVID vaccines arrive —DOH, NTF
The Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force against COVID-19 (NTF) anticipate a significant increase in the vaccination rate once additional vaccine supplies arrive.
The current vaccination pace, primarily for healthcare workers, is expected to rise exponentially by the mid-second quarter of the year with the arrival of government-procured doses and those from the COVAX Facility.
NTF Chief Implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. stated that performance evaluations should not be based on the initial rollout phase.
He added that the full-scale implementation of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Program, with a benchmark vaccination rate, is expected to begin in May and June.
Galvez mentioned that almost 90 percent of the available doses have already been deployed, and the experience gained from the current phase will be valuable for the massive community rollout.
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