DAVAO CITY: Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesman for the city’s Covid-19 Task Force, reported on Saturday that the city has already vaccinated 87 percent of the its target number to attain population protection.

She said that 1,136,577 individuals have already received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, based on the December 1 data.

According to the same report, Schlosser said, 967,053 have been fully vaccinated in Davao City or 75 percent of the target number.

“That means we are at 87 percent for the first dose and roughly 75 percent for our second dose. Overall, we are nearing our herd immunity,” she said.

Schlosser emphasized that the city does not only target 70 percent of the population to achieve herd immunity but that it is aiming for 100 percent.

Based on 2020 data from the National Economic and Development Authority, the city has a population of 1,825,450.

The city, according to Schlosser, will continue to participate in the second leg of the National Vaccination Days on December 15 and 16.

The vaccine cluster of the Davao Covid-19 Task Force is preparing for the second edition of the Bakunahan with the City Health Office and Department of Health 11.

The private sector will again be tapped, similar to the just-concluded first part of the nationwide massive vaccination drive.