JAB. A medical front-liner administers the Covid-19 vaccine at the Sto. Cristo Elementary School, Quezon City on Aug. 12, 2021. As of Monday (Oct. 4, 2021), the city government has already deployed 3,247,750 doses. (PNA photo by Rico H. Borja) MANILA - As vaccine deliveries are arriving at a faster pace and the younger age group will be included in the inoculation drive, the government has set the bar higher in its population protection goal. From 70 percent of the country's 110 million population or about 77 million, the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 said the goal can be increased to at least 80 percent now. "We will be recalibrating our vaccination program and modify our critical timeline," NTF chief Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said Monday during a press briefing with Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque in Pampanga. He added the recalibrated inoculation drive is also driven by the data on the production of vaccines. The Philippines has already received a