The Philippines is in 3rd spot of the countries in Asia who had administered vaccination rollout with 738,913 doses have given out to recipients, according to Presidential Communications Facebook page.
Indonesia ranked first who administered 11,832,795 doses which started last January 13 with Sinovac and Astrazeneca, followed by Singapore on the second spot with 1,318,912 doses administered.
The Philippines expects to inoculate about 25 million people (about 25 percent of its population) over the course of the year. The country has been badly affected by the virus and has the second-highest rate in Southeast Asia.
The business community has reacted, more than 30 local companies signed an agreement to purchase at least 2.6 million vaccine doses from AstraZeneca in the country’s first such deal to secure coronavirus vaccines. They plan to donate a large part of the doses to the government for its planned vaccination program and use the rest to inoculate their employees.
The Philippines recorded 8,920 new cases and six deaths on April 1, bringing the totals to 756,199 cases and 13,303 deaths.
TINGNAN: Ang Pilipinas ay nasa ika-3 puwesto sa ASEAN pagdating sa vaccination rollout, dahil umabot na sa 738,913 doses...
Posted by Presidential Communications (Government of the Philippines) on Thursday, April 1, 2021
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