MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker is appealing to the national government to include workers in the construction sector in the higher priority group for COVID-19 vaccination since they, too, are considered as frontliners.
Construction Workers Solidarity (CWS) party-list Rep. Romeo Momo Sr. on Tuesday said that while construction workers are not directly fighting the spread of COVID-19,”they are in the main front of our efforts in battling the economic devastation brought about by the pandemic.”
“My call to our highly respected SecretaryCarlito Galvez Jr. is to include our beloved construction workers to a much higher category on the government’s prior…
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