THE National Vaccination Days produced a daily record high of 2.55 million COVID-19 jabs yesterday, November 29, 2021, the first day of the three-day massive government vaccination effort.
Data from the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) said the country recorded a total of 2,554,023 doses, which is more than twice the usual daily national vaccination throughput of the Philippines in previous days that on several occasions have gone beyond the 1-million mark.
According to National Task Force Against COVID-19 (NTF) chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. said the numbers prove that local government units (LGUs) are able to accelerate and expand the coverage of their target populations.
“The major uptick in our country’s vaccination rate is a testament of our bayanihan spirit, which is a collaborative effort between the national line agencies, LGUs, private sector organizations and of course, our citizens,” Galvez said.
“We continue to prove that if all work together, we will be able to fully vaccinate our population as efficiently and quickly as possible,” he added.
CALABARZON posted the highest number of COVID-19 jabs with 366,711 doses, followed by Central Luzon with 297,316 doses, Western Visayas with 192,216 doses, Central Visayas with 186,834 doses, and the Bicol region with 165,259 doses.
Metro Manila did 139,812 doses on Monday.
On a global scale, the numbers put the country in the Top 5 spot worldwide in terms of jabs administered in a single day. China topped with 22 million doses, India with 10 million, the United States with 3.48 million, and Brazil with 2.6 million doses.
“We thank our health workers, our public and private sector vaccination partners, and all our country who participated in this whole-of-nation effort to achieve population protection,” Galvez said.
“This impressive feat will help us bring down our COVID-19 cases and prevent severe cases, hospitalizations and deaths,” he added.
Galvez also assured the public that the national government will ramp up the vaccination rates of LGUs nationwide on Tuesday and Wednesday to achieve the target of 9 million jabs within the three-day period.
He also called on LGUs to vaccinate everyone who lines up during the three days, including walk-ins.
There were reports that some people who lined up without pre-registering were turned away in some vaccination sites.
“This should not be the case. The directive of the President is to vaccinate everyone who wants to be vaccinated. No one should be left behind,” Galvez stressed.
“Let us all welcome the holiday season with a healthier life, as we slowly return to our normal lives,” he added.
As of November 29, a total of 83,851,042 doses have been administered nationwide. Of this number, 47,529,968 were given as first doses, while 36,078,815 Filiipinos are now fully vaccinated.