ASEANEWS: HEADLINES: MANILA- More Groups Pitching In To Boost Gov’t Vax Drive
Nat’l Vaccination Day Set On Nov. 29 To Dec. 1
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said there is a need to activate 4,000 to 5,000 vaccination sites nationwide to achieve the goal to administer at least 15 million jabs before the end of November.
Three national organizations in the medical field have volunteered to help boost the government’s vaccination drive by the millions, National Task Force against COVID-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Saturday, Nov. 6.
With the government setting Nov. 29 and 30 and Dec. 1 as the country’s “National Vaccination Day,” Galvez said members of the Philippine Dental Association (PDA), the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) and the Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) have volunteered to administer the vaccines.
“We will develop a better vaccination program and we are looking at the possibility of having millions of doses administered daily,” said the country’s vaccine czar.
Earlier, Galvez said the government was targeting an average daily vaccination rate of between one million and 1.5 million doses by the end of the month.
Since the goal is to administer at least 15 million jabs before the end of November, he said there is a need to activate around 4,000 to 5,000 vaccination sites nationwide, each one able to accommodate at least 500 vaccinees daily.
“If these sites can vaccinate up to 1,000 individuals once operational, then the targeted five million doses weekly will be achievable. So we will be utilizing the malls, universities, schools, gyms, military/police camps and function hall of the different government agencies,” Galvez said.
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