MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Silvestro Bello III on Thursday denied reports that Filipino nurses and overseas Filipino workers were being swapped for Covid-19 vaccines from the United Kingdom and Germany.
In an interview on DZMM Teleradyo, Bello explained that Filipino nurses and OFWs should receive Covid-19 shots before they leave for the UK.
“Ang daming nagsasalita hindi naman nila alam ang nangyari. Kung ide-deploy natin sila, tiyakin natin na ligtas sila, may vaccine na sila,” he said.
(A lot of people are talking without knowing the facts. If we deploy our workers, we want to make sure that they are vaccinated.)
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