CEBU CITY, March 23 -- The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday said almost 5 million individuals in Central Visayas have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) since the vaccine rollout in March 2021.

In a report, the department's regional office posted 4.8 million fully vaccinated individuals representing 84.64 percent of the total target population in the region.

The target population refers to 70 percent of the region's population or 5.7 million individuals. Central Visayas has a total of 8.1 million population, the Philippine Statistics Authority recorded in 2022.

Meanwhile, at least 414,242 elderlies or 61.18 percent of the target A2 population which refers to 85 percent of the region's senior cit...