With more than 1.5 million coronavirus cases and more than 27,000 deaths, the Philippines has the second-worst outbreak in South-East Asia after Indonesia. - AP
MANILA (Reuters): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered his government on Wednesday (July 28) to open the coronavirus vaccination campaign to anyone who wants a shot as his country scrambles to protect the population from more transmissible variants.
With only 6% of the Philippines' 110 million people fully vaccinated against Covid-19, millions remain vulnerable to infection. The government is aiming to fully immunise up to 70 million people before the year ends.
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