June 24, 2021
Moderated by Sec. Harry Roque:
We commiserate po and condole with the family and loved ones of former President Aquino as we extend his condolences for his untimely demise.
We are grateful for the former President for his contribution and services to the country and we ask our people to offer a prayer for the former Chief Executive. Rest in peace, Mr. President.
Binabalita po natin na dumating kanina pasado alas-7 ng umaga ang 2 milyong doses ng Sinovac.
Sa latest batch ng Sinovac, ang 1.6 million doses ay binili ng national government habang ang 400,000 doses ay binili ng IPI Biotech para sa Maynila.
Ito na ang ika-apat na batch ng Sinovac vaccines na dumating sa bansa.
As of June 22, 2021, halos 9 na milyon o 8,928,249 doses na ang na-administer sa buong bansa.
At noong Martes nga po, June 22, nasa 336,843 total doses ng COVID-19 vaccines ang ating na-administer.
Kaya inaasahan natin na maaabot ang 500,000 daily vaccinations na target.
Sa Quezon City, as of June 23, 2021, 8 am, nasa 526,542 o 30.97% ng 1.7 million target population ang nakatanggap na ng first dose.
Noong June 22, nakapag-administer ang Quezon City Government ng 41,826 doses.
Sa Maynila, nasa 35,572 ang kanilang nabakunahan noong June 22. All time high po 'yan.
Masasabi natin na on track po tayo na maabot natin ang population protection or containment sa huling bahagi ng taon.
Kaugnay nito, mali ang projection ng isang UK think tank na isa ang Pilipinas sa mga huling bansa sa Asya na makakamit ang herd immunity. Mukhang 'di nila na-factor in 'yong bultong-bultong pagdating ng mga bakuna.
As of June 24 at batay sa NTF, mayroon nang 16,205,876 doses ng mga bakuna ang dumating sa bansa.
Sa kaugnay na bayan, sa delayed delivery ng 50,000 Sputnik V Component II vaccines nakatanggap ang NTF ng pormal na komunikasyon mula sa Russian Direct Investment Fund na magkakaroon ng delay dahil sa ongoing upgrades at latest development ng Sptunik V.
Naabisuhan na ng NTF ang mga LGUs na ma-reschedule ang pagtanggap ng second dose (ng Sputnik V) ng kanilang mga constituents.
Wala namang dapat ikabahala. Ayon sa HTAC, kanilang inirerekomenda na ang pagtanggap ng 2 doses na at least 21 days apart.
Kasama sa mga lugar na bibigyang prayoridad sa bakuna maliban sa NCR Plus ay ang Plus 10 na tinatawag.
Ano po 'yong Plus 10? Ito po 'yong Bacolod, Iloilo City, CDO, Baguio, Zamboanga, Dumaguete, Tuguegarao, General Santos, Naga, at Legaspi.
Ang naging basehan ay ang patuloy ng pagtaaas ng kanilang mga kaso, pagiging highly urbanized at dense environment, at contribution sa regional o national economy.
Samantala, kasama ko kaninang umaga sa vaccination hub sa Taguig City at kahapon sa Solaire vaccination hub sa Paranaque ang mga medical experts galing Israel Ministryof Health. Sila ay nandito para mag-obserba at magbigay ng insights kung paano pa natin mapapaganda ang ating COVID-19 response.
Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Sto. Tomas:
I'm grateful to see PH has adopted an NCR+8 +10 (vaccine prioritization) strategy.
The NCR+8 strategy doesn't mean excluding the rest of Philippines. It means prioritizing this area, while vaccinating the rest of the country to cover those most at risk.
The distribution now, from what I can get from the data, is about 65% to the NCR+8 and 35% to the rest of the country.
I've been incredibly impressed with the professionalism and the efficiency of the operation that is being undertaken right now to vaccinate the country.
It is really attainable at this time that we will reach containment, if not herd immunity, in the NCR+8 by Christmas.
Once we attain herd immunity in the NCR+8, then travelers entering and leaving the NCR do not need to be tested or quarantined.
The target date for the NCR+8 is Christmas, and the NCR+8+10 in the case would be Easter of 2022.
Vaccinating the cities would protect our rural kababayans from the virus, because the virus will pass through the cities to enter the rural provinces.
If you build a COVID-proof wall around the cities, it is actually a wall around our entire country.
Our immediate goal today as a country is cities-wide herd immunity.
We can build herd immunity in the 55 million Filipinos who live in our cities. That will go far in protecting the rest of the country.
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