The Provincial Health Office here announced Tuesday that 1,273,143 doses of vaccines have been administered since the inoculation program against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) started last year.

Included in these figures are 116,298 booster shots given to the general adult population.

PHO officials said they have brought their vaccination team to far-flung villages through the mobile inoculation program.

However, the rest of the vaccination sites in 11 towns and one city are fully functional.

PHO also announced that it will also start the vaccination of children 5-11 years old.

The national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has placed Bataan under Alert Level 2 from February 16-28.

Governor Albert Garcia said the lower restriction was due to the decreasing number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases registered in the previous days.

“Mariin pa rin nating ipinaaalaala na patuloy pa ring umiiral ang pagpapatupad ng iba pang alituntuning pangkalusugan gaya ang pagsusuot ng face mask, pag-obserba ng social distancing at paghuhugas ng kamay at pananatili sa loob ng bahay kung hindi naman mahalaga ang dahilan ng paglabas (We are strongly reminding the public of the continuous implementation of health protocols such as the wearing of face mask, observing social distancing, washing of hands and staying at home if the reason for going out is not important) ,” he said in a social media post. (PNA)