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More than 12.5 million Filipinos fully vaccinated vs COVID-19 - gov't task force

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Public transportation drivers and delivery riders are vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Vaccine Express-Quezon City, a vaccination initiative under the Office of the Vice President, in a mall in Quezon City" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/tvpatrol/08/08/20210814-covid-vaccine-express-qc-ovp-1149.jpg"/><figcaption>Public transportation drivers and delivery riders are vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Vaccine Express-Quezon City, a vaccination initiative under the Office of the Vice President, in a mall in Quezon City, on August 13, 2021. <em>Jay Ganzon, OVP/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - A total of 12,565,017 Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a government task force said on Monday, with total doses administered reaching over 27.8 million. </p><p>The National Task Force Against COVID-19 said a total of 15,241,864 have already received their first dose, out of the 27,806,881 total doses administered as of August 15.</p><p>The Philippines&#x27; daily average vaccination rate, meanwhile, stood at 475,304, with a total of 3,327,131 doses administered within the last 7 days, according to the task force.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="vaccine statistics" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/08/16/20210816-vaccinestats.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The Philippines has so far taken delivery of 42,575,350 COVID-19 vaccine jabs since the country started its vaccination program in March, with some 12 million doses received during the first half of August alone.</p><p>Some 7 million Sinovac vaccines and 1 million &quot;Chinese-donated&quot; Sinopharm doses are expected to arrive also within the month, the government task force said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/12/21/12439-new-covid-19-cases-philippine-total-tops-17-m">READ: COVID-19 cases in PH top 1.7 million as 12,439 new infections logged</a></li></ul><p>This came as the country faces another surge of infections likely driven by the more contagious COVID-19 Delta variant, which ripped through the health care system of India at its peak in April. </p><p>The virus strain is also being tagged by experts as behind the overwhelming cases in Southeast Asian countries Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/12/21/sinovac-in-mandaluyong-moderna-in-qc-authorities-probe-double-vaccination-scheme">READ: Sinovac in Mandaluyong, Moderna in QC: Authorities probe double vaccination scheme</a></li></ul><p>The Philippines&#x27; capital region is under the enhanced community quarantine, the strictest lockdown level, until August 20 to halt the spread of infections. </p><p>On Monday, the Department of Health announced over 14,600 new cases, the third highest daily tally since the start of the pandemic.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/16/21/philippines-registers-14610-new-covid-19-cases">Philippines registers 14,610 new COVID-19 cases</a></li></ul><p>The intensive care unit (ICU) utilization rate nationwide is at 71 percent, as of Monday.</p><div><strong>WATCH</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=1745598" 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><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>