CALOOCAN CITY, (PIA) -- Vaccine hesitancy among police personnel is now manifested by less than 1% of the entire 222,000 Philippine National Police (PNP)  members.

The latest tally from the Philippine National Police (PNP) as of December 5 revealed that only 965 or 0.43% of the total PNP population remain unvaccinated without offering any legitimate justification, dropping further from 1,004.

Meanwhile, 865 PNP personnel also remain unvaccinated due to valid reasons, mostly allergic reaction, and medical condition.

“Slowly, we are seeing that there is a narrowing of the gap between those vaccinated and unvaccinated personnel. We hope to convince every member of the more than 222,000 PNP force to be vaccinated to protect themselves and their family from the virus threat,” PNP Chief, Police General Dionardo Carlos said.

Aside from the benefits of the vaccine, the PNP would also like to avoid the eventuality of prohibiting their unvaccinated personnel from reporting to duty in accord with the IATF resolution on the no vax, no work rule.

Last week, booster shots were administered to some personnel who are directly involved in the medical frontline. (PNP/PIA-NCR)