The Villages, Disadvantaged Areas, and Transmigration Ministry called on regional governments to complete updating data based on the Sustainable Development .
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. enumerated on Saturday night, Jan. 22, at least three reasons why the vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) slowed down in the past few weeks.
Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo)
Galvez said the destruction brought by typhoon “Odett
National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The government has been working non-stop to make sure the Covid-19 vaccination program will continue to improve, National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said on Saturday. Despite a slow start last year due to limited vaccine supplies globally, Galvez said the daily inoculation rate rose froma few thousand doses to millions of jabs as the shipments started to arrive in bulk during the third quarter of 2021. "First of all, the Philippine government remains committed, more than ever, to vaccinate all qualified Filipinos against Covid-19 amidst the challenges we continue to face," Galvez said in a statement, reacting to the World Bank report on the country's slow vaccination rollout. Galvez said the government's "massive and unprecedented" vaccination strategies since March last year proved effective,