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Malacañang welcomes plan to deploy nurses in exchange for vax
MALACAÑANG ON Wednesday welcomed the proposal of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to allow the deployment of thousands of healthcare workers, mostly nurses, in the United Kingdom and Germany in exchange for Covid-19 vaccines.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said while the government has already ordered enough Covid-19 vaccine supply for its people, “more is better than less.”
However, he clarified that Duterte was not consulted about the plan to send healthcare workers if the two European nations agreed to donate Covid-19 vaccines.
He said the proposal was made by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin Jr.
Malacañang welcomes plan to deploy nurses in exchange for vax
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However, he clarified that Duterte was not consulted about the plan to send healthcare workers if the two European nations agreed to donate Covid-19 vaccines. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler)
MANILA – Malacañang on Wednesday welcomed the proposal of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to allow the deployment of thousands of healthcare workers, mostly nurses, in the United Kingdom and Germany in exchange for Covid-19 vaccines.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said while the government has already ordered enough Covid-19 vaccine supply for its people, “more is better than less.”
DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire
“We were not consulted. We are not even aware of this kind of exchange between our government and the other governments for this matter,” said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
Vergeire said the government’s task force for COVID-19 should be apprised of such plan or proposal.
“Dapat idulog sa IATF kung sakaling may mga ganitong plano or proposal na kailangan gawin because of vaccines (It should be referred to the IATF in case there are such plans or proposals that need to be made because of vaccines). So, the IATF should decide on this,” said Vergeire.
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