National Task Force Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. announced yesterday that the Philippines is currently ranked third in Southeast Asia (SEA) in the vaccination rollout.
According to NTF data, the Philippines has recorded 2,623,093 doses given to the public since the vaccination began on March 1 using the Sinovac, AstraZeneca, and Sputnik V vaccines.
The Philippines has a 7-day average of 69,760 doses being injected so far while the daily average is 35,933 doses since the government started vaccination.
Indonesia leads the SEA which started vaccination on January 13 and has a total of 22.6 million doses injected while Singapore is second with 3.13 million doses already given since their vaccination began on December 30, 2020.
Worldwide, the Philippines ranks 41st out of 195 countries while it is also 15th out of 47 countries in Asia.
The NTF’s current focus area on vaccination is the National Capital Region along with the neighboring provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Pampanga, Laguna, Batangas, and Rizal with an allocation of 3.3 million doses per month.
The focus area also includes Metro Cebu and Metro Davao with an allocation of 400,000 doses of vaccine per month.
PH ranks 3rd in SEA vaccination rollout
The OCTA Research group projected Wednesday that Metro Manila could achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 in less than two months if 300,000 vaccine doses would be given in the capital region per day.
According to OCTA Research fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco O.P., 70 percent of the estimated 13.8 million Filipinos in Metro Manila or 9.66 million adults should be inoculated to achieve herd immunity in Metro Manila.
“For herd immunity, if we are going to vaccinate 100,000 doses per day, it would take 6 months, 200,000, three months, and 300,000, one a half months,” he said.
“If we want to achieve herd immunity in the NCR by Christmas, the target has to be around 200,000 doses per day in the NCR,” he added.
According to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, the national government targets to inoculate 58 million or 70% of 83 million people in COVID-19 hotspots to achieve herd immunity.
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