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COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in PH top 8.4 million: gov't

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/06/21/20210618-covid-vaccine-pasay-gcs-56.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Nursing students from the University of Pasay administer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to A2 and A3 residents at the Pasay MOA Vaccination Center on June 18, 2021. <em>Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Philippines has administered more than 8.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since the government began its immunization drive last March, officials said Monday.</p><p>Of the 8,407,342 doses administered as of June 20, the Department of Health and National Task Force Against COVID-19 said 6,253,400 were given as first doses while 2,153,942 were second doses. Recipients of the latter are considered fully vaccinated.</p><p>The latest total inoculation figure was higher by more than 356,000 from Friday&#x27;s 8,050,711 reported on Sunday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/20/21/ph-administers-more-than-8-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-govt">PH administers more than 8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses: gov&#x27;t</a></li></ul><p>Among health workers (A1), 1,067,630 are already fully vaccinated. So are 553,527 senior citizens (A2), 524,699 persons with comorbidities (A3), and 8,086 economic frontliners (A4).</p><p>For the indigent sector (A5), 67,185 first doses have been administered.</p><p>Officials said the total doses administered last week, the 16th week of the vaccination program, reached a record high of 1,461,666. The program kicked off last March 1. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/06/21/20210621-vaccine-stats.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo from the Department of Health and National Task Force Against COVID-19</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Earlier this month, the government opened the immunization program to those in the A4 (essential workers) and A5 (indigent population) priority groups.</p><p>Officials continued to urge eligible sectors — which also include health workers, senior citizens and people with comorbidities — to get vaccinated against COVID-19 through their local government units.</p><p>The country aims to fully vaccinate at least 58 million individuals this year to achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus. </p><p>Currently, the vaccine candidates of the following companies, which use a 2-dose regimen, are being used in the Philippines: Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Gamaleya Institute. Meanwhile, the first batch of Moderna&#x27;s product, which has to be administered in two doses as well, is expected to be delivered on Sunday.</p><p>As of June 20, a total of 1,359,015 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the Philippines, of which 57,679 are active and 23,621 resulted in deaths.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/17/21/philippines-covid-mask-vaccine-christmas">Palace confident of mask-free Christmas this year</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><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=1710434" 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><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/yFVE69R1WlSdqY3aCsBF" data-title="COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER PH" data-type="interactive"> </div><div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script></div>

<p>The Philippines has administered more than 8.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since the government began its immunization drive last March, officials said Monday.</p>

The Philippines has administered more than 8.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since the government began its immunization drive last March, officials said Monday.