Rollout started a day after government received 600,000 donated doses from Beijing
1 of 16 Manila: The Philippines launched its Covid-19 vaccination drive on Monday, with health workers, soldiers, police and government officials first in line to get donated Chinese jabs despite concerns over their effectiveness. Image Credit: REUTERS
2 of 16 A worker unloads a box of Sinovac Biotech s CoronaVac vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from a Chinese military aircraft at Villamor Air Base in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez Image Credit: REUTERS
3 of 16 Key aides of President Rodrigo Duterte, who were among hundreds to get jabs, described getting inoculated as a moral duty.
Bishop Joel “Bong” Baylon
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Bishop Joel Baylon, chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care, said PDLs should be included because they are vulnerable to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) due to the situation in the country’s jails.
“It goes without saying that even PDLs deserve to receive assistance just like any other ordinary citizen, especially because their situation (in many congested jails) makes them ever vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus,” he said in an interview Wednesday, March 3.
Last year, Baylon joined calls for the immediate release of vulnerable inmates in view of the growing number of PDLs testing positive of the COVID-19.
Health chief, labor group against no vaccine, no work plan
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 3) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III is against proposals to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 first before they are allowed to physically return to work.
He said that the Inter-Agency Task Force has not discussed it yet, but he is personally against the idea because of supply shortage. He added that it is unnecessary because workers have been reporting to work even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kung meron mang ganung panukala o mungkahi ay kinakailangan pag-aralan. Pero kung ako, hindi ako papayag na no vaccine, no work policy, he said during the vaccination program at the East Avenue Medical Center on Wednesday.
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Senator Joel Villanueva believes that the economy can only recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic if workers are vaccinated against the disease.