MANILA, Philippines — It is now safe for medical students to attend limited face-to-face classes as many of them have already been vaccinated against COVID-19, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Prospero de Vera assured Wednesday.
De Vera said CHED had asked the Department of Health (DOH) to classify medical students as medical frontliners, which is the top 1 priority in the government’s COVID-19 vaccination program (A1), so they can be vaccinated.
“Marami sa kanila (medical students) ay nabakunahan na dahil tayo ay humingi ng tulong sa DOH at clinassify ‘yung mga estudyante at saka ‘yung mga clinical instructors sa medicine, dahil sila ay pumupunta sa mga hospita…
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