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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.
UK bucks vaccine condition for deployment of nurses
THE UNITED Kingdom government has no plan to accept proposals that would deploy more Filipino medical professionals to Britain in exchange for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, UK Ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce said Wednesday, describing the two subjects as separate issues . We ve got no plans to link vaccines with those conversations around the recruitment of nurses, Pruce told reporters in a virtual conference. You know those two strands of conversation I think continue but as I ve said again we have no plans to link those two issues.
The statement comes in the wake of a proposal by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to form an agreement with Germany and the UK to lift the cap on the deployment of healthcare workers, provided they would allocate vaccines for displaced overseas Filipino workers, including those about to be deployed.
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.”
DOLE clarifies: Nurses aren t a commodity; we don t trade humans for vaccines mb.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mb.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.