Philippine News Agency
LGUs told to ramp up vaccination drives for population protection
President Rodrigo Duterte urged local government units (LGUs) to accelerate their COVID-19 vaccination programs to achieve population protection.
The daily vaccination rate needs to increase to 1 to 1.5 million jabs per day from the current average of 500,000 to 600,000.
The national goal is to have 70 percent of the population fully vaccinated by December 31, with at least one dose administered by November 30.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has distributed 40 million available COVID-19 vaccine doses to LGUs.
DILG, Department of Health (DOH), and the National Task Force against Covid-19 have met with mayors in priority areas to emphasize the need to expedite vaccination programs.
The President also reminded local health officials to ensure vaccine integrity and prevent spoilage.
Topics in this story
Explore more stories about these topics.
🤖
This story was generated by AI to help you understand the key points. For more detailed coverage, please see the news articles from trusted media outlets below.
News Sources
See how different news organizations are covering this story. Below are the original articles from various Philippine news sources that contributed to this summary.
President Rodrigo Duterte urged local government officials, including mayors and barangay captains, to identify and convince unvaccinated constituents to get inoculated.
Read more →
The Philippines has received a total of 108,912,460 doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of November 2, 2021.
Read more →
Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya reported that approximately 81.4% of the eligible population in the National Capital Region (NCR) has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with around 7.9 million Filipinos vaccinated.
Read more →
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said the national vaccination program's priority list will remain amid its "vax to the max" scheme.
Read more →
Provincial governors are appealing to the national government to increase the allocation of COVID-19 vaccine doses for their respective localities, noting the improved health situation in Metro Manila.
Read more →