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NCR, 8 other areas seen to attain COVID-19 herd immunity in November: DOH

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1688654" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - The Philippines expects to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 in Metro Manila and 8 other areas by November, a Health official said Wednesday.</p><p>The Department of Health (DOH) is pushing to vaccinate at least 108,000 people a day in the National Capital Region, Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Pampanga, Rizal, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao as more shots arrive, Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje told state television PTV.</p><p>&quot;Ang tina-target natin ay by November at least for the NCR plus,&quot; she said when asked when the Philippines expects to attain herd immunity against the disease that has infected at least 1.1 million people in the country.</p><p>(We are targeting by November at least for the NCR plus.)</p><p>The Philippines remains dependent on the global supply of COVID-19 jabs, but the DOH is optimistic as more vaccines are expected to arrive in the second half of the year, she said.</p><p>&quot;We will receive about 10 to 11 million doses ng June, July, August so more or less steady &#x27;yan so we will be able to reach a lot of vaccinees especially in the NCR plus areas,&quot; she said.</p><p>Since March, the country&#x27;s vaccination program has been limited to health frontliners, senior citizens and persons with comorbidities due to the low supply of vaccines.</p><p>The government is eyeing to open the inoculation program to workers in essential industries and indigent people in the capital region and nearby provinces, Cabotaje said.</p><p>&quot;Ico-concentrate natin sa geographic areas kung saan nandoon &#x27;yung surge ng cases,&quot; she said.</p><p>(We will concentrate the vaccination in geographic areas where there is a surge in cases.)</p><p>Cabotaje said the government is also closely monitoring some areas in the Visayas and Mindanao that have been reporting an increase in fresh COVID-19 cases.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/18/21/doh-closely-monitoring-uptick-of-covid-19-cases-in-visayas-mindanao">DOH closely monitoring uptick of COVID-19 cases in Visayas, Mindanao</a></li></ul><p>Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez and Testing czar Vince Dizon are set to fly to Zamboanga to check the reason behind the surge of cases in the area, she said.</p><p>&quot;Part of our strategy is also to give them additional vaccines [on top of] their regular allocation so that they will be given additional protection,&quot; she said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/12/21/fresh-covid-19-cases-in-zamboanga-surge-by-nearly-50-pct-octa">Fresh COVID-19 cases in Zamboanga surge by nearly 50 pct: OCTA</a></li></ul><p>The national government earlier said it hopes to vaccinate at least 50 million people this year to achieve her immunity nationwide.</p><p>So far, the Philippines has fully inoculated 786,000 people, with 2.51 million still waiting to receive their second dose, while the rest of the country&#x27;s population has yet to be jabbed.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1688051" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Video courtesy of PTV</div>

<p>The Philippines expects to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 in Metro Manila and 8 other areas by November, a Health official said Wednesday.</p>

The Philippines expects to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 in Metro Manila and 8 other areas by November, a Health official said Wednesday.

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NCR, 8 other areas seen to attain COVID-19 herd immunity in November: DOH

Katrina Domingo,

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Published May 19, 2021 12:47 PM PHT

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Updated May 20, 2021 07:20 AM PHT

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