(CNN Philippines) — The government is aiming to vaccinate up to 70 million Filipinos by the end of the year, hoping to achieve herd immunity to protect the population against rising coronavirus cases and even faster-spreading variants.
To keep track of these goals, CNN Philippines lists the government's schedule of delivery and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines for the year, as laid down by vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr.
FIRST QUARTER
February 28 - arrival of 600,000 Sinovac doses donated by China
March 1 - vaccination drive for medical frontliners kicks off
March 4 - arrival of 487,200 AstraZeneca doses donated via COVAX facility
March 7 - arrival of 38,400 AstraZeneca doses donated via COVAX facility
March 24 - arrival of 400,000 Sinovac doses donated by China
March 24 to 26 - expected arrival of 979,200 AstraZeneca doses donated via COVAX facility (delayed)
March 29 - arrival of 1 million purchased Sinovac doses
March 29 - Metro Manila LGUs start vaccination of senior citizens
March 31 - Metro Manila LGUs start vaccination of adults with comorbidities
Expected total vaccine supply by end of March: 3,504,800 total doses
Total doses that arrived in the country: 2,525,600
Vaccinated Filipinos as of March 23: 508,332
SECOND QUARTER
April
April 11 - arrival of 500,000 purchased Sinovac doses
April 22 - arrival of 500,000 purchased Sinovac doses
April 25 - expected arrival of 15,000 Sputnik V doses from Russia's Gamaleya (pushed back to April 28, then May 1)
April 29 - arrival of 500,000 purchased Sinovac doses
Total doses that arrived in the country: 4,025,600
Target number to be vaccinated: 500,000 to 1 million Filipinos per week
Vaccinated Filipinos as of April 29: 1,562,815 (first dose), 246,986 (second dose)
Percentage of the population fully vaccinated: 0.35% of 70 million Filipinos
May
May 1 - arrival of 15,000 purchased Sputnik V doses
May 1 - vaccine drive for minimum wage workers and overseas Filipino workers start
May 7 - arrival of purchased 1.5 million out of 2 million Sinovac doses promised this month
May 8 - arrival of 2,030,400 AstraZeneca doses via COVAX
May 10 - arrival of 193,050 Pfizer doses via COVAX
May 12 - arrival of 15,000 purchased Sputnik V doses
May 20 - arrival of the remaining 500,000 purchased Sinovac doses for this month
May 30 - arrival of 50,000 purchased Sputnik V doses
expected arrival of 2.2 million Pfizer doses via COVAX within the month (postponed to June 10)
Expected total vaccine supply by end of May: 11,779,050
Total doses that arrived in the country: 8,329,050
Target number to be vaccinated: 1 million to 2 million Filipinos per week
Vaccinated Filipinos as of May 30: 3,974,350 (first dose), 1,206,371 (second dose)
Percentage of the population fully vaccinated: 1.72% of 70 million Filipinos
June
June 6 - arrival of 1 million purchased Sinovac doses
June 7 - vaccine drive for essential workers start
June 10 - arrival of 1 million purchased Sinovac doses and 2,279,160 COVAX-donated Pfizer doses
June 11 - arrival of 100,000 purchased Sinovac doses
June 15 - vaccine drive for indigent residents of San Juan and Mandaluyong starts
June 17 - arrival of 1.5 million purchased Sinovac doses
June 24 - arrival of 2 million purchased Sinovac doses
June 27 - arrival of 249,600 purchased Moderna doses
June 28 - arrival of 1 million purchased Sinovac doses
Expected doses by end of June: 21,829,050
Total doses that arrived in the country as of June 28: 17,455,470
Target number to be vaccinated: 2 million to 3 million Filipinos per week
Vaccination capacity as of June 28: Around 350,000 shots daily
Vaccinated Filipinos as of June 28: 7,538,128 (first dose), 2,527,286 (second dose)
Percentage of the population fully vaccinated as of June 28: 3.6% of 70 million Filipinos
THIRD QUARTER
July
July 8 - arrival of 1,124,100 AstraZeneca doses donated by Japan
July 9 - arrival of COVAX-donated 2,028,000 AstraZeneca doses and 132,200 purchased Sputnik V doses
July 10 - arrival of 37,800 purchased Sputnik V doses
July 14 - arrival of 1 million purchased Sinovac doses
July 15 - arrival of 250,800 Moderna doses
July 16 - arrival of 1,150,800 purchased AstraZeneca doses and 1,606,600 single-dose Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccines via COVAX
July 17 - arrival of 1.5 million purchased Sinovac doses and 1,606,600 more COVAX-donated J&J doses
July 21 - arrival of 459,810 purchased Pfizer doses
July 22 - arrival of 1.5 million purchased Sinovac doses
July 23 - arrival of 1 million purchased Sinovac doses
July 26 - arrival of 375,570 purchased Pfizer doses
Total doses that arrived in the country as of July 19: 27,894,710
Target number to be vaccinated: Daily vaccination target of 500,000 by August
Vaccination capacity as of July 15: Highest tally of 391,283 in one day
Vaccinated Filipinos as of July 15: 14,465,786 (first dose), 4,288,660 (second dose)
Percentage of the population fully vaccinated as of July 19: 6.1% of 70 million Filipinos
Expected vaccine delivery:
August
- 20 million total vaccine doses (brand not yet specified)
September
- 20 million total vaccine doses (brand not yet specified)
FOURTH QUARTER
October
- 20 million total vaccine doses (brand not yet specified)
November
- 20 million total vaccine doses (brand not yet specified)
December
- 20 million total vaccine doses (brand not yet specified)
Expected total vaccine supply by end of 2021: 140.5 million doses
So far, seven manufacturers have already gotten regulatory approval for emergency use of their vaccine in the country: Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Gamaleya, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna and Bharat Biotech. But the government has only signed supply agreements with Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Gamaleya, Moderna, Pfizer and Novavax.
Sinopharm received an EUA in June, but only for the donated batch used to inoculate President Rodrigo Duterte, his close-in security group, and other public officials after the FDA granted a compassionate special permit in February.
The Philippines logged its highest vaccination tally of more than 390,000 doses last July 15 according to vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., but a week before that, the country has only been averaging 200,000 to 250,000 shots daily.
Health experts recommend an average of 590,000 daily inoculations to achieve herd immunity by yearend. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the government hopes to administer 500,000 shots per day by August.
In her radio show over the weekend, Vice President Leni Robredo urged the government to utilize the 3.2 million single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines that recently arrived in the country and deliver them to areas with the highly transmissible Delta variant to prevent transmission.
The government hopes to inoculate more people as it monitors further developments on the entry of the Delta variant, with the 11 local cases recorded in Manila City, Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Antique, and Pampanga. Five other new cases were from Filipinos with travel history from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and United Kingdom.
As of July 16, there were 35 recorded Delta variant cases in the country.
EXPLAINER: What you need to know about the PH COVID-19 vaccine drive
EXPLAINER: COVID-19 vaccines that will be tested and used in PH
READ: COVID-19 vaccination: Sourcing the shots that save
CNN Philippines' Eimor Santos contributed to this report.