Gov't mulls another 3-day vax drive in mid-December

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A teenage girl receives a BioNtech-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during the inoculation of the population aged 12 to 17 at a stadium in San Juan City, suburban Manila on November 3, 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — The national government is considering another three-day national vaccination run from December 15-17, the Palace said Wednesday amid fears of the newly-discovered Omicron variant of the coronavirus. 

 

Speaking in an interview aired over ABS-CBN News Channel, acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said that this decision came after the vaccination numbers of the first day of the national drive in November fell short of the target of three million per day. 

 

According to data from the Philippine National Police, some 3.6 million have been vaccinated in the national vaccination program's three-day drive so far in over five thousand vaccination centers across the country. 

 

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