A total of 12.25 million vaccine doses against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are expected to be delivered in the country in June as the national government seeks to ramp up the immunization program, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. announced on Wednesday night, May 26.

This, despite the admission of Galvez that some of the deliveries intended for the month of May were either moved next month or decreased in volume.

"Nagkaroon po ng slip or mayroong hindi dumating na expected noong May (There was a slip as some of the expected deliveries in May did not arrive)," said Galvez, vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, during President Duterte's "Talk to the Nation" address.

According to Galvez, the 2.2 million doses of Pfizer vaccines from the COVAX facility that were initially set for delivery in the latter part of May were moved between June 7 to 11.

The country is also set to receive a total of 4.5 million doses of CoronaVac vaccines from Sinovac with the initial delivery of one million doses arriving on June 6; while 250,000 doses of Moderna jabs will be shipped on June 21. There are also 3.3 million doses of AstraZeneca and two million doses of Sputnik V that will come but Galvez has yet to determine the dates of their arrival.

Meanwhile, the delivery of Sputnik V vaccines for the month of May will push through although the supply was decreased to only 300,000 from 1.3 million.

Galvez also cited the improving status of the immunization program as a total of 1,168,030 jabs were administered in one week, the highest weekly tally so far. The highest daily record was logged on May 21 with 237,894 people vaccinated in a single day.

"Dahil po mataas po ang rollout last week, tumaas rin po ating ranking (Since the rollout last week was high, our ranking also improved)," Galvez said.

The Philippines ranked 36th out of 95 countries around the world in terms of the vaccination program which was five notches higher compared to 41st place last week. It also ranked 13th (from 16th) out of 47 countries in Asia and second out of 10 countries in the ASEAN.

"Ang LGUs ganadong-ganado po na magkaroon ng herd immunity as soon as possible sa kanilang lugar (The LGUs are excited to achieve herd immunity in their areas as soon as possible)," Galvez said.

Once all the 12.25 million vaccines are delivered next month, Galvez expressed optimism that the country will be able to achieve its target of vaccinating four to five million individuals per month starting June.

To achieve herd immunity by the end of the year, the national government is targeting to vaccinate 58 to 70 million people in the so-called focus areas or the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus 8.

These focus areas include NCR, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Batangas, Metro Cebu, and Metro Davao which have the highest infections and attack rate, and the heaviest contributors in the country's economy.

To do this, the government set a target of vaccinating 500,000 people daily or three to four million people per week.