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Number of fully vaccinated Filipinos inches up to 12,460,438
The national government aims to fully vaccinate 27 million Filipinos against COVID-19 by the end of August.
This goal requires fully vaccinating five million people weekly for the remaining three weeks of the month.
As of August 15, over 12.4 million individuals have been fully vaccinated.
More than 15 million individuals have received their first dose.
The total number of administered doses nationwide has reached over 27.5 million.
A shipment of 575,800 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrived on August 13.
The government will meet on Monday to discuss potential extensions of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), which is currently in place in Metro Manila until August 20.
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