Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr.All health care workers in the country have received their first dose of vaccine against Covid-19, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said. The chief implementer of the National Task Force Against Covid-19 said 1,667,015 doses were given to health workers and 1,130,554 received two doses. We have already secured the supply for the remaining 30 percent of our health care workers who are just waiting to get their second shot," he said. In July, more than 13 million doses are expected to arrive, including doses procured by the private sector from AstraZeneca. Of this figure, around two million doses are donations from the United States and Japan.

Source: Manila Times June 29, 2021 16:18 UTC