MANILA, Philippines — The proposal that representatives of senior citizens be allowed to stand in line at COVID-19 vaccination sites — to protect them from heat-borne diseases and other health conditions — will be carefully studied by the government, lawyer Romulo Macalintal said.
According to Macalintal, a long-time advocate of senior citizen rights, they got word from Health Secretary Francisco Duque about the proposal being forwarded to the National and Local Vaccine Operations Center “for immediate consideration.”
Macalintal also said on Wednesday that Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Martin Dio said that he would recommend the proposa…
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