Covid-19: Philippines launches campaign to vaccinate 9 million people in three days, SE Asia News & Top Stories

MANILA (REUTERS) - The Philippines launched on Monday (Nov 29) an ambitious drive to vaccinate nine million people against Covid-19 over three days, deploying security forces and using tens of thousands of volunteers to help administer the programme. The immunisation campaign was scaled back from an earlier target of 15 million shots, but would still be a record in a country where vaccine hesitancy remains an obstacle and there are logistical hurdles to reach people in the sprawling archipelago. Three million vaccinations per day is nearly four times the average of 829,000 daily shots in November. An official said news…