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urgeduet
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stopv
acci
nat
i
on:
Gal
vez

ByLadeJeanKabagani

June8,
2022,
3:27pm

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ephot
o)

MANILA– ThePhi l
ippi
neskeepingcoronavir
uscaseslowandnotrecor
dingasurgeformont hsis
a"majoraccompli
shment"andar es
ultofthegovernment’scont
inuousvacci
nat
ionactiv
iti
es
nat
i
onwi de,sai
dSecret
aryCarl
i
toGalvezJr .
,theNati
onal
TaskFor
ce( NTF)agai
nstCovid-19chief
i
mplement er
.

Lat
estdataasofJune8f romtheNat i
onal
Vaccinat
ionOperati
onsCenter(
NVOC)showedt
hatt
he
Phi
l
ippi
neshasf ul
l
yv acci
nated71,090,
091Fil
ipi
noswithprimaryCovi
d-19dos
es.
About
14,
355,799eli
gi
bleindivi
dual
sreceiv
edathir
ddos eorfi
rstboost
ershot
.

“Therehasbeennos urgeininfect
ionsrecordedr ecentl
ybecauseoftheconti
nuousv acci
nat
ion
bei
ngcarri
edoutbylocal governmentunitsnationwide,” Gal
vezs ai
dinarecentint
ervi
ew.“This
i
samaj oraccompli
shmentcons i
deri
ngthatther ehav ebeenalotofsuper
spreadereventsi
nthe
pastmonths,whi
chincludethenat i
onalelect
ions ,Ramadan,HolyWeek, t
heresumptionofon-si
te
workreport
i
ng,andthef urt
hereas i
ngofres t
ri
ctions."

ThePhi
l
ippi
nesonl
yrecor
ded2,
437act
i
veCov
id-
19cas
esasofWednes
day
.
“Theseposit
i
vedevel
opmentswi
llhel
pmor eFi
l
ipi
nosbouncebackfr
omt heheal
thcr
isi
s,and
enabl
ethenextadmi
ni
str
ati
ontos
us t
ainandbui
l
dont hes
egains,
” Galv
ezs ai
d.

Thegover
nmenthasear
li
ertar
get
edfull
yvacci
nati
ngatleast70mil
l
ionFi
l
ipi
nost
oachi
evet
he
count
ry’spopul
ati
onpr
otecti
onagai
nstCovi
d-19,asapprovedbytheWorl
dHealt
hOr
gani
zat
i
on
(WHO).

“AngWHOpoayayt al
agangt
uwang-tuwadindahi
l(TheWHOi salsohappybecaus e)t
herear
e
onlyf
ewcount r
ieswhohaveaccompli
shed‘y ung70mi l
l
ionful
l
y-vacci
natedpeople.Andis
apo
angPil
ipi
nasnas i
nasabini
l
angnapakagandangpag-arangkadasavacci
nation(Andtheysai
d
thePhi
li
ppinesi
soneofthecountr
iest
hathaveagoodv acci
nati
ondri
ve),
” Galvezs ai
d.

Galv
ezsai
dthecur
rentCov
id-
19s
it
uat
i
oni
nthecount
rywi
l
lhel
pmor
eFi
l
ipi
nost
obounceback
i
ntonor
malcy.

“Wewer eablet
os avemoreli
veswit
houtcompromisi
ngoureconomy.Wearenowont heroad
towardsful
lr
ecover
y ,
” headded.“Wear econf
identt
hatthei
ncomingadmi
nis
trat
i
onwi l
lbui
ld
upont hes
edevel
opment s
,sust
aint
hegovernment’sv acci
nat
i
oneffor
ts,
andeff
ecti
vel
yleadthe
nati
ont ot
henewnor mal
.”(PNA)