MANILA, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday said government needs to amp up its vaccination rollout in order to avoid the local transmission of more transmissible coronavirus variants, such as the Delta variant that was first identified in India.
In a statement, Hontiveros urged the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) and the Department of Health (DOH) not to be complacent, and instead speed up and double down on vaccination to increase the country’s vaccination rate, noting the surge of COVID-19 cases across the globe due to the Delta variant.
“May laban ka sa Delta kung bakunado ka. Kaya bilis-bilisan na da…
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