More than 5 million Filipinos have received two-dose vaccination against the coronavirus disease so far as the government continued to ramp up its inoculation efforts.
Of the 15.6 million doses administered by the government, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said 10,585,261 million persons got their first dose while 5,031,301 received their second shot as of July 20. The government's daily vaccination rate has so reached more than 280,000.
Roque encouraged anew Filipinos to get vaccinated as soon as possible to enhance their protection against the virus especially amid the threat of the new Delta variant. He assured the public that the coronavirus vaccines currently available in the country are effective even with the Delta threat.
The government meantime is hopeful the country's vaccination rate will steadily rise as more vaccine supplies will be delivered to the country.
Roque said around 562,779 Pfizer jabs procured by the government are expected to arrive in the country on Wednesday, July 21.
Additional 1.5 million doses of Sinovac vaccines will be delivered on Thursday, and another 1 million of Chinese-made jabs on Friday, July 23.
At present, the country has a vaccine stock of 27,922,360 doses, including 12.4 million donations from COVAX facility, Japan, and China. The government aims to vaccinate the bulk of the country’s populace to reach population protection and later herd immunity.
