Manila Bulletin
Pateros vaccination reaches 73% for first dose
Pateros has achieved 73.34% vaccination coverage for the first dose among its target population, inoculating 35,937 individuals as of July 8.
The municipality aims to be the first in Metro Manila to reach herd immunity due to its small size.
There are 8,825 individuals who have received their second dose, making them fully vaccinated, which is 18% of the target population.
Pateros is using a target population of 49,000, representing 70% of the estimated total population of 70,000.
The municipal government announced the resumption of first-dose vaccinations on July 7 at the Villa Monica and PCS Annex Vaccination Centers, using Sputnik vaccines.
Pateros and San Juan are competing for the earliest completion of vaccination in Metro Manila to achieve herd immunity.
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce expressed the goal for Pateros to finish the vaccination program first and achieve herd immunity.
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