Manila Bulletin
PH administers over 12 million COVID-19 jabs -- DOH
The Department of Health (DOH) announced that over 3.2 million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, representing 4.5% of the 70 million target population.
As of July 8, a total of 12,703,081 doses have been administered nationwide, with an average of 200,000 shots given daily.
More than 9.4 million individuals have received at least one dose, which is 13.4% of the government's target.
Among healthcare workers, over 1.1 million have completed their two vaccine doses.
For senior citizens, 861,560 have been fully vaccinated, while 2.6 million have received at least one dose.
Individuals with comorbidities saw 1,039,710 fully vaccinated and over 3.1 million partially vaccinated.
In the essential workers category, 103,990 have completed their vaccination, and 1.6 million have received a first dose.
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