The Muntinlupa City government reported that 96 percent of the city’s target population is now fully vaccinated.
Latest data from the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) showed that as of Dec. 16, a total of 366,023 individuals in Muntinlupa have been vaccinated or 96 percent of the target city population of 383,021.

By vaccination rate by barangay, Buli has 10,377 fully vaccinated individuals or 147 percent of the target population 7,055 followed by Alabang, 54,370 (112 percent); Tunasan, 43,251 (107 percent); Ayala Alabang, 16,603 (102 percent); Cupang, 42,279 (95 percent); Putatan, 59,331 (88 percent); Bayanan, 24,043 (86 percent); Sucat, 32,305 (74 percent); and Poblacion, 64,448 (74 percent). An additional 19,016 individuals have been fully vaccinated.
In addition, the Muntinlupa City government has administered booster shots to 12,500 individuals.
Meanwhile, Muntinlupa’s active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases logged only eight as of Dec. 17 from seven on Dec. 16.
Muntinlupa recorded three new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 17 and two new recoveries and zero deaths.
The eight active COVID-19 cases are out of 27,599 confirmed cases, 27,012 recoveries and 579 deaths since the pandemic began last year.
In the whole country, the Department of Health (DOH) recorded 582 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 17, an increase of 101.4 percent from 289 new cases on Dec. 16. There are 10,167 active cases in the Philippines as of Dec. 17.
On Dec. 15, the DOH reported that the Philippines now has two Omicron variant cases, which were detected from 48 samples sequenced on Dec. 14.
One Omicron-positive case is a returning overseas Filipino (ROF) who arrived in the Philippines from Japan on Dec. 1 on board Philippine Airlines flight number PR 0427. His sample was collected on Dec. 5 and he tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Dec. 7. The patient is in an isolation facility managed by the Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) and is asymptomatic but had symptoms of colds and cough upon arrival, according to the DOH.
The other case is a Nigerian national who arrived in the country from Nigeria on Nov. 30 aboard Oman Air with flight number WY 843. His sample was collected on Dec. 6 and he tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 7. He is asymptomatic and is now in the BOQ isolation facility.