THE National Task Force Against Covid-19 (NTF) is considering holding another round of nationwide mass vaccination amid the spike in coronavirus infections, possibly driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant, Malacañang said on Wednesday.

Cabinet Secretary and acting Palace spokesman Karlo Alexei Nograles said a repeat of the nationwide jab drive is highly likely in case the government failed to meet its target of fully vaccinating 77 million citizens by the end of March.

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