(File photo) MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday renewed its call for local government units (LGUs) to double their efforts in vaccinating their constituents as the country aims to fully vaccinate 70 percent of the population by year-end. In a Laging Handa briefing, DILG spokesperson Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said under the "Vax to the Max" program, some 40 million coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) doses that are available in the country were already distributed to various LGUs. "Kailangan po nating pataasin yung ating current vaccination rate na nasa around 500,000 to 600,000 doses a day on the average so kailangan po nating gawin ito from that number to 1 to 1.5 million jabs a day (We need to increase the current vaccination rate which is around 500,000 to 600,000 doses a day. We need to increase this to 1 to 1.5 million jabs a day)," he added. He noted that the government's goal is to reach 70 percent of hav
(PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - The government has set aside a portion of the latest shipments of American-made coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine for the inoculation of minors. "Yes, nakapaglagay na tayo ng buffer, we already allocated a buffer and the same time, this coming next week na meron pa din dadating na Pfizer, so ayun 'yung mga gagamitin natin yung mga dadating na bago (We have already allocated a buffer stock, and at the same time, we expect deliveries of Pfizer next week so we will be using those newly-delivered vaccines)," National Task Force against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said in an interview during the arrival of the 797,940 doses of government-procured Pfizer vaccine at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Thursday night. The 797,940 doses of Pfizer vaccine arrived via Air Hongkong Flight LD-456 around 8:45 p.m. Another 141,570 doses were earlier delivered to Cebu while some 64,350 doses are s