EP 37: PH trudges to COVID-19 herd immunity

As of July 11, around 3.5 million filipinos have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

But don’t let the number deceive you — that’s only 4.5 percent of the target population of 77.7 million that need to be inoculated to achieve herd immunity.

The Duterte administration official in charge of vaccination admitted it’s a “struggle” to meet the target by the end of the year. 

So, how much longer do we have to wait?

In this episode, Christian Esguerra talked to Peter Cayton, of the U.P. COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team, Fr. Nicanor Austriaco of the OCTA Research Group and Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco about why the Philippines trudges toward herd immunity and whether we’re actually keeping the numbers stable or low as we await more vaccines to come in.