MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) and Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) should review their COVID-19 vaccine prioritization scheme to include local officials as health frontliners, Senator Koko Pimentel said.
In a statement on Friday, Pimentel said that governors, mayors, and barangay chairpersons are also in the frontline as the “face of the government” in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, even if they are not directly manning hospitals and healthcare facilities..
The senator’s request came after several local government executives found themselves in hot water for breaching the government’s vaccine prioritization list, …
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