MANILA, Philippines — The government is looking to inoculate 120,000 people against COVID-19 daily in the National Capital Region in a bid to achieve herd immunity in the country's outbreak epicenter by November. Asked if the government will be able to achieve its target of vaccinating 70 million people by year-end to achieve herd immunity, Galvez said the government is now looking to "at least" achieve "herd containment" and "herd immunity" in NCR Plus, Metro Davao and Metro Cebu by then. In NCR, he added, the goal is to reach herd immunity by November 27. Another 10,050,000 doses are expected to arrive in June, Galvez said, which would bring the total number of vaccines to 21,829,050. He also announced during the event the signing of a term sheet that would secure 40 million doses of the coronavirus shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech with the delivery date still to be determined.

Source: Philippine Star May 15, 2021 03:56 UTC