MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Friday that he would recommend to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) be elevated to the top of the government’s COVID-19 vaccination priority list.
“Ako po mismo ang mangangatawan sa Inter-Agency Task Force na iangat po ang estado dito po sa ating prioritization framework,” Duque told lawmakers during a House of Representatives overseas workers affairs committee hearing.
(I will ask the Inter-Agency Task Force to raise their status in the prioritization framework.)
Currently, OFWs are classified as B5 in the prioritization …
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