VACCINE czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Saturday that the Philippines has enough supply of Covid-19 vaccines amid the threat of the highly contagious Omicron strain. Galvez, chief implementer of the National Task Force Against Covid-19, said the new Omicron variant made the national vaccination campaign even more important. The National Vaccine Operations Center will continue to ensure that we have enough vaccine supply and administer it." Galvez urged all local government units to ramp up vaccination efforts after the Omicron variant was detected in the country. The Philippines has so far received 178,004,070 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, both procured and donated, since February.

Source: Manila Times December 18, 2021 22:17 UTC