HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said on Thursday the government needs over P60 billion to vaccinate 70 percent of the country's population in order to achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

According to Duque, the Department of Finance (DoF) has reported that by the end of 2021, the country will be able to gather 195 million doses, which will cover 97 million Filipinos.

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