Achieving herd immunity depends on COVID-19 vaccine supply, Duque says

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Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the country will have a difficulty reaching the target herd immunity if there will be delays with the arrival of the vaccines against coronavirus disease in

the country.

Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. believes that herd immunity can be achieved in Metro Manila and six neighboring provinces by November, by increasing the daily vaccination to 120,000 in the National Capital Region . The country’s health chief lamented that there is currently a limited supply of vaccines against coronavirus disease , saying that the volume of vaccines that have arrived in the country is not even enough yet to inoculate those in the top of the vaccination priority list.The DOH chief said the bulk of the vaccines arriving in the country will be distributed to high-risk areas in order to decrease the number of infections, and ease the quarantine restrictions to allow more economic activity.

 

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