MANILA, Philippines — To achieve herd immunity against COVID-19, Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo on Saturday urged the government to allow private companies to import, tax-free, COVID-19 vaccines for their employees and families.
“This is the only way the government can speed up vaccination and attain its goal of achieving herd immunity this year by inoculating at least 70 million of the country’s more than 100-million population,” Castelo said in a statement.
Castelo said the government’s national vaccination task force should hasten the forging of tripartite arrangements with private companies and even local government units (LGUs) …
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