MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines can’t achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 by the end of 2021 with the current slow pace of vaccinations, Vice President Leni Robredo said in her weekly radio program, “BISErbisyong LENI,” on Sunday.
Herd immunity means getting 70 percent of the population — or 70 million people — vaccinated, and to achieve that by the end of the year the government will have to vaccinate 256,993 individuals daily, Robredo said.
She said she got this figure by dividing the target vaccinated population — which is 73.5 million — by the number of days from March 21 to Dec. 31 — which is 286 days.
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