Philippines misses 3-day target but cites gains in vaccination drive

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Individuals receive AstraZeneca vaccine at Batasan National Highschool in Brgy. Batasan Hills in Quezon City during the last day of the government's three-day vaccine campaign on Dec. 1, 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines failed to meet its ambitious target of administering nine million COVID-19 vaccine doses during the three-day immunization drive that aimed to accelerate the rollout of jabs across the country.

 

A total of 7,628,432 individuals were vaccinated against COVID-19 during the campaign, Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said Thursday.

 

Broken down, 2.71 million doses were given on November 29 and 2.46 million million jabs were administered on November 30. Around 2.44 million shots were given on December 1.

 

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