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Metro Manila can achieve population protection by November: MMDA

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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/06/22/20210616-manila-a5-vaccination-gc-vu2a7656.jpg"/><figcaption>Health workers inoculate residents with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine inside the Corazon Aquino Highschool in Baseco Compound in Tondo, Manila on June 16, 2021. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Metro Manila can achieve population protection by November, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Tuesday as local governments ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations. </p><p>The capital region is administering 200,000 doses per day, exceeding its target of 120,000 daily jabs, said MMDA chairman Benhur Abalos.</p><p>&quot;Ang population protection is you protect the first 3: medical frontliners, senior citizens, at persons with comorbidities. Siguro kaya ito bago mag-November. Kayang-kaya po ng Metro Manila mayors ito,&quot; he told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.</p><p>(Population protection means you protect the first 3: medical frontliners, senior citizens, and persons with comorbidities. We can do it maybe before November, our Metro Manila mayors can achieve this.)</p><p>Metro Manila&#x27;s healthcare utilization rate has also improved as COVID-19 cases declined, said Abalos.</p><p>The region is utilizing 5,000 of 15,000 contact tracers that the labor department had provided and will deploy the remaining personnel in the next two months, he added.</p><p>The Philippines aims to vaccinate at least 58 million individuals this year to achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus. A total of 8,407,342 jabs have been administered nationwide as of Sunday, government said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/21/21/8-million-doses-covid19-vaccine-philippines-june20">COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in PH top 8.4 million: gov&#x27;t</a></li></ul><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=1711379" 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 - Metro Manila can achieve population protection by November, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Tuesday as local governments ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations. </p>

MANILA - Metro Manila can achieve population protection by November, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Tuesday as local governments ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations.