A total of 100,100 vaccine jabs have so far been administered among priority groups in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the region’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported Saturday. Dr. Bashary Latiph, MOH-BARMM minister, said 71,846 individuals from the first four priority sets – A1, A2, A3, and A4 – have received their first inoculation, while 28,254 of them have completed their two doses. The A1 group consists of front-line health workers; the A2 group, senior citizens; the A3 group, individuals with co-morbidities; and the A4 group, front-liners in essential sectors, including uniformed personnel. “All those vaccinated have

The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reported 7,552 more recoveries, pushing the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) survivors to 1,391,335, or 94.8 percent of the overall cases since the pandemic began. In its case bulletin, the DOH logged 5,675 new infections that raised active cases to 49,968. The death toll also climbed to 25,816 with the addition of 96 new fatalities. According to DOH, the country has so far logged a total of 1,467,119 cases since the outbreak started in March 2020, of which 3.4 percent are active cases while 1.76 percent are fatalities. The agency, meanwhile, reported