 Logo of Resbakuna,[a] the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign of the Philippines | |
| Date | March 1, 2021 – July 22, 2023 |
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| Location | Philippines |
| Cause | COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines |
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| Organized by | Department of Health (DOH) |
| Participants | 166,423,405 total doses administered[b] |
| Outcome | 65.16% of the Filipino population has received their first dose of a two-dose vaccine or a single-dose vaccine 67.75% has been fully vaccinated 19.72% has received a booster doses |
| Website | Department of Health |
The COVID-19 vaccination program in the Philippines was a mass immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the pandemic in the country. The vaccination program was initiated by the Duterte administration on March 1, 2021, a day after the arrival of the country's first vaccine doses which were donated by the Chinese government.[2]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued emergency use authorizations (EUA) to 10 COVID-19 vaccines (in chronological order): Pfizer–BioNTech, Oxford–AstraZeneca, Sinovac, Sputnik V, Janssen, Covaxin, Moderna, Sinopharm BIBP, Sputnik Light and Novavax.
As of February 19, 2023, 166,423,405 total vaccine doses have been administered throughout the country, with 73,873,958 being fully vaccinated, 21,500,083 booster doses administered.
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- ^ Punzalan, Jamaine (September 23, 2021). "19 million now fully vaccinated vs COVID-19 in Philippines, a fourth of gov't target". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ Parrocha, Azer (March 1, 2021). "PH kick-starts Covid-19 vaccination drive with CoronaVac". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021.