73% of soldiers vaccinated – AFPMANILA, Philippines — Nearly three-fourths of the 140,000-strong Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are now fully inoculated against COVID-19, the AFP surgeon general said the other day. During the AFP command conference last Friday, AFP Surgeon General Col. Fatima Claire Navarro said 73 percent of the military’s troops have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. “We are expected to reach as much as 93 to 96 percent this October and November,” Navarro said. Everyone is performing well, which brings us closer and closer towards the successful accomplishment of our various timelines, particularly to defeat all threat groups by June 2022,” AFP chief General Jose Faustino Jr. said. I enjoin everyone to offer their full energy to finish the CTG and other threat groups before June 2022,” Faustino added.

Source: Philippine Star October 09, 2021 15:56 UTC