MANILA, Philippines — Over 1.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered nationwide last week, which the government says is a record-high.
“The total doses administered in the 17th week of our national vaccination reached a record high of 1,658,072 doses,” the Department of Health (DOH) said in its report on Monday.
In the first week of the inoculation drive in March, only 37,280 doses were administered.
According to government data as of June 27, a total of 10,065,414 vaccine doses have been administered across the country, including 7,538,128 that were provided as first jabs.
Meanwhile, 2,527,286 individuals in the countr…
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