23.58% of population fully vaccinated against COVID-19Health Undersecretary Roger Tong-an administers a COVID-19 vaccine on an adolescent during the ceremonial program of the expanded inoculation efforts at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center on October 22, 2021MANILA, Philippines — Government figures show that 25.71 million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 since the life-saving jabs were first rolled out in March. This is equivalent to 23.58% of the country's total population, a long way from the 90% health authorities say must be fully vaccinated to attain herd immunity. Figures as of October 24 also show that 30 million individuals — around 27.51% of the people — have received a first dose of the vaccine. The government has consistently failed to reach its previous daily target of administering 500,000 shots a day, averaging 487,398 doses in the last seven days. Authorities recently tripled their elusive target, now set at 1.5 million jabs per day.

Source: Philippine Star October 25, 2021 21:40 UTC