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by NERIZA MAE LUPANGCO | News Correspondents
38.7 million Filipinos have already completed their vaccination against COVID-19 during the nine months since the government started its vaccination campaign.
This is equal to 35.49% of the population, not even half of the 90% that the health experts indicate must be fully immunized to obtain herd immunity throughout the country.
Of all of the fully vaccinated, about 561,135 — 0.51% of the total population — have received booster shots, according to the Department of Health figures as of December 6.
Meanwhile, an additional 53.49%, or 49.06%, of Filipinos received the first dose of the two-dose procedure.
Almost half of these shots — 259,504 — were distributed in Metro Manila. The latest DOH figures show that 67.8% of the population of the capital region have already been fully immunized.
The distribution of booster doses for the elderly, healthcare workers and people with weakened immune systems began last month, but was not rolled out to eligible adults until last week.
Its first operation, which was carried out from November 30 to December 2, saw the vaccination of eight million people, less than the nine million initially targeted by the officials.
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