MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines has now over 94 million doses of coronavirus vaccine—55 million already administered—but has fully vaccinated only 23.24 percent of the target population or 25.6 million Filipinos. The Philippines has a seven-day average of 478,368 doses administered each day, less than the 523,018 doses in August. As of Oct. 23, 94,678,340 doses had been given to the Philippines. Bantay Bakuna said these were “enough to vaccinate 42.9 percent or about 47,300,000 Filipinos.” However, only 55,290,473 doses had been administered. Republic Act 11525, or the “COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021”, states that private companies and local governments are authorized to procure vaccines which have been given Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 26, 2021 02:22 UTC