The Philippines is confident it could inoculate at least 100,000 to 200,000 people a day as long as there is a steady supply of vaccines in the country, according to a Department of Health (DoH) official.
Health Undersecretary and National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) Chairman Myrna Cabotaje said that aside from the steady supply, the figure can also be reached if local government officials can convince their citizens in the different priority groups to get vaccinated.
“In the end, sila naman ang mag-aadminister (they will just administer), we will just facilitate, there is a vaccination rollout team headed by Secretary [Carlito] Galvez and Secretary [Vivencio] Dizon to look ano yung target nila so we can have a supply plan and ensure that targets are met in the coming months,” Cabotaje said in an interview on CNN Philippines on Wednesday.
She added that with the arrival of additional doses of 10 million per month from June to August, the government is now ready to inoculate the Priority Group A4 or economic frontliners and A5 or the indigent population.
“It will depend on the global supply, but we have been assured that Sinovac will give a steady supply every month and we are going to receive the Pfizer from Covax and we will receive an additional [AstraZeneca] Covax from the two million initially,” Cabotaje said.
As of May 18, the country has administered nearly 3.3 million doses, in which 2.5 million got their first doses and 786,000 have received their second doses.
