6.4-M doses administered in second round of 3-day vax drive

Despite the earlier declaration made by the Malacañang that December 24 is a special working holiday for the recovery of the economy due to the pandemic, people with large baggages start arriving at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) in Parañaque City before dawn on Dec. 23, 2021 to catch their buses as they head to their respective provinces early to avoid the influx of passengers for the Christmas weekend.

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MANILA, Philippines — The National Vaccination Operations Center on Thursday reported that 6.4 million doses were administered in the second run of the Bayanihan Bakunahan program, but the tally may still rise as more information is sent by local government units affected by Typhoon Odette.

In a Laging Handa briefing, Dr. Kezia Rosario of the NVOC said 992,629 doses were administered on December 22, the last day of the government program to ramp up vaccination.

With 5,411,993 doses administered from December 15-21, this brings the total number of vaccines given to Filipinos to 6,404,622 doses in the second three-day vaccination drive. 

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