MANILA, Philippines — A total of 216,794 medical frontliners received vaccine doses against COVID-19 as of Tuesday, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. said.
This is about 17,000 more from the Department of Health’s tally on Monday, he added.
“As of 11 a.m. today, mayroon na po tayong 216,794 na nagkaroon na ng (a total of 216,794 was given) vaccination,” Galvez said in a Palace briefing on Tuesday.
The Philippines has been rolling out its COVID-19 vaccination program since March 1, using 600,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines from China and 525,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX facility.
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