Published December 30, 2020, 6:40 PM
Philippine Ambassador to Bahrain Alfonso Ver has received the coronavirus vaccine as part of the free immunization drive in the small Middle East state.
In an online press conference in Bahrain, Ver admitted getting inoculated against coronavirus after simply registering online to avail of the vaccine offered by government there. He is reportedly the first Filipino envoy to get the vaccine shot abroad.
(Photo from Philippine Ambassador to Bahrain Alfonso Ver/ MANILA BULLETIN)
“I’ve been tested here six times. You just call a number and you get tested. Even vaccination, na-vaccinate na rin po ako (I have been vaccinated),” the Filipino diplomat said during the briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Operations Office-Office of Global Media Affairs.