SECTOR: Social Services
SONA YEAR: 2022
Encourage everyone get booster shots vs COVID-19
PROMISE STATUS - DATE: In progress as of 07/17/2023
- In a July 7 response, the DOH told VERA Files it launched various campaigns to encourage more Filipinos to receive COVID-19 jabs such as the Bakunahang Bayan: Special Vaccination Days and Bakunahang Bayan 2.
- Of the 79.16 million Filipinos fully vaccinated against COVID-19, only a third (approximately 24.178 million) received booster shots, based on the latest data from the DOH as of March 19.