It's catching on: 78 percent of cops now want COVID jab

  • 📰 manilabulletin
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 23 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 51%

Philippines Headlines News

Philippines Latest News,Philippines Headlines

The vaccine allocation for uniformed and civilian personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) was jacked up from 800 to 1,200 doses after more personnel expressed intention to get inoculated and be protected against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a ranking official bared Friday.

Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, PNP deputy chief for administration, said the police force received an additional 400 doses last Tuesday for the vaccination of its police medical frontliners. The PNP rolled out its vaccination program last Monday.Eleazar made the remark along with an announcement that the percentage of PNP personnel who committed to have themselves inoculated using the current supply of vaccines has also increased.

As of Thursday, a total of 985 PNP personnel already received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines. There has been a steady rise in the number of PNP personnel who are getting the jabs, with 125 cops vaccinated on March 1; 180 on March 2; 353 on March 3; and 327 on March 4. Meanwhile, Eleazar said that they have yet to confirm whether additional vaccine doses from British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca will also be alloted for the police force.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 25. in PH

Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.