Despite the postponement of vaccination activities in storm-hit areas, the government was still able to administer around a million jabs during the start of the second National Vaccination Days (NVD).
In a televised interview with PTV, National Vaccination Operation Center (NVOC) chairperson Myrna C. Cabotaje said they were able to administer 953,624 Covid-19 jabs last Wednesday.
She said this covered the vaccination efforts in the National Capital Region (NCR), Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) as well as Regions 1, 2, 3, and 4A, or Calabarzon.
Calabarzon registered the highest number of administered vaccine at 187,000, followed by Central Luzon at 168,000 and Ilocos Region at 66,000.
The NVD in the said areas will be held from December 15 to 17.
Vaccination efforts in other regions were postponed as local government units (LGU) in the said areas brace for the landfall of tropical cyclone Odette (international code name Rai).
The NVDs in the said storm-affected areas will be from December 20 to 22, 2021.
But even with the said disruption, Cabotaje said she is still confident they will be able to reach their target 7 million administered Covid-19 shots before the end of the month.
She issued the statement after reporting that Regions 1 and 2 are already 37 percent complete with their three-day target administered jabs.
