MANILA, Philippines — The national government is eyeing to open up the COVID-19 vaccination to A4 priority group, comprising essential frontliners and the indigent population, in the last week of May, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Tuesday.
During President Rodrigo Duterte’s pre-recorded speech aired on Tuesday morning, Galvez said opening the vaccination to the A4 was the recommendation of the business sector, many of Cabinet officials, as well as the Senate.
“Dapat buksan na natin talaga ‘yung A4 priority group (essential frontliners) saka A5 (indigent population) na kailangan ‘yung bakuna, unahin natin ang mahihirap,” he said.
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