May 24, 2021
The Philippines ranks second in the state of vaccination rollout in Southeast Asia after 4,097,425 doses were distributed to the people, according to the National Task Force Against COVID-19 this Sunday.
According to Bloomberg World Data, a total of 4,097,425 doses of the vaccine were given to the Philippine public while Indonesia leads with 24,723,728 doses.
The Philippines has already surpassed Cambodia (3,673,639) which is in third and Singapore (3,407,068) which is only in fourth place while Myanmar is in fifth (2,994,900).
The Philippines ranks 13th out of 47 countries in Asia and 37th out of 196 countries around the world when it comes to vaccination.
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. believes. that they will double the number in June by vaccinating ‘economic frontliners’ and ‘indigenous populations’ as long as vaccines continue to arrive in the country.