Senior Filipino cabinet official flayed for plan to swap nurses for more vaccines
25 Feb 2021
Manolo B. Jara,
Correspondent
A senior cabinet official on Wednesday came under heavy fire for his proposal to secure more coronavirus vaccines from Germany and the United Kingdom in exchange for their exemption from an order limiting the foreign deployment of Filipino frontline medical workers especially nurses.
Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives gave Secretary Silvestre Bello of the Department of Labour and Employment a severe verbal drubbing following revelations that he already talked with the UK ambassador to the Philippines on the issue.
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