Philippines surpasses Covid-19 vaccination target; over 70 million people have completed full doses

A man performs tricks on a skateboard as he participates in an event celebrating Go Skateboarding Day in Manila on June 18, 2022. - AFP

MANILA, June 19 (Xinhua): The Philippines has announced that the country has surpassed its target of fully vaccinating over 70 million, or 77.78 percent of its target population with the Covid-19 shots.

As of Friday night (June 17), the National Vaccination Operations Center reported that 70,005,247 Filipinos have received the two-dose vaccine, including more than 3.2 million children aged five to 11 and nearly 9.5 million minors aged 12 to 17.