MANILA, Philippines–Navy chief Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo on Friday (Feb. 26) said he was “willing to go first” in line to get injected with coronavirus vaccine to boost public confidence although he preferred that Navy personnel get it first.
“If the intent is to show to the public about our confidence (sic) in this inoculation program of the government then I am willing to go first,” he told reporters.
He said, however, that he believed that health workers in the military, who are on the frontline of the health crisis, should be priority for injection followed by military men who have other diseases that make them more vulnerable to infection with SARS Cov2, the virus that …
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