MANILA, Philippines — Only 8.9 percent of senior citizens in the country have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as health authorities still counter vaccine hesitancy among some of the elderly, a member of the Interim National Immunization Technical Advisory Group said Wednesday.
Citing data from the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) as of July 1, Dr. Nina Castillo-Carandang noted that of the targeted 8.2 million senior citizens under the A2 priority group, only 29.32 percent or some 2.4 million have received their first dose while only 8.9 percent or 736,519 have been fully vaccinated.
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