MANILA, Philippines —Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Thursday that “realistically speaking,” the Philippines may attain the first dose vaccination of 70 million people against COVID-19 by November.
This comes after repeated pronouncements of government officials that the country may reach herd immunity before the end of this year or until January 2022 at the most.
“Realistically speaking, ‘yung 70 million, kaya po namin ‘yan. 70 million, first dose. ‘Yan ang target namin makuha namin before November. Sa ngayon, nakikita namin makukuha ‘yan,” Galvez said in an interview over ABS-CBN News Channel.
(Realistically speaking, we can achieve 70 million. 70 million …
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