Philippines starts vaccine rollout for general adult population

Passengers wearing face masks and shields to protect themselves against the Covid-19 coronavirus sit inside a tricycle taxi in Manila on September 7, 2021, a day before the authorities lift a stay-at-home order amid record infections fuelled by the contagious Delta variant.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government will now start vaccinating the general adult population, the Department of Health announced on Monday.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a virtual briefing that the Philippines now has enough supply of vaccines for this rollout.

Speaking in Filipino, she said: “We are announcing the start of COVID-19 vaccination on general adult population. According to our vaccine cluster, headed by vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., we now have enough vaccine supply against COVID-19.”

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